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Informationen zum Autor Krzysztof R. Apt received his PhD in 1974 in mathematical logic from the University of Warsaw in Poland. He is a senior researcher at CWI, Amsterdam and Professor of Computer Science at the University of Amsterdam. He is the author of three other books: Verification of Sequential and Concurrent Programs (with E.-R. Olderog), From Logic Programming to Prolog, and Principles of Constraint Programming, and has published 50 journal articles and 15 book chapters. He is the founder and the first editor-in-chief of the ACM Transactions on Computational Logic, and past president of the Association for Logic Programming. He is a member of the Academia Europaea (Mathematics and Informatics Section). Klappentext This textbook offers an introduction to the Eclipse system and a guide to problem-solving for students and practitioners alike. Zusammenfassung Aimed at one-semester courses and programmers wishing to master practical aspects of constraint programming; the book teaches understanding and how to write constraint programs that solve complex problems. It also systematically introduces the Eclipse system through carefully-chosen examples! guiding readers through the language and illustrating its power! versatility and utility. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Logic Programming Paradigm: 1. Logic programming and pure Prolog; 2. A reconstruction of pure Prolog; Part II. Elements of Prolog: 3. Arithmetic in Prolog; 4. Control and meta-programming; 5. Manipulating structures; Part III. Programming with Passive Constraints: 6. Constraint programming: a primer; 7. Intermezzo: iteration in ECLiPSe; 8. Top-down search with passive constraints; 9. The suspend library; Part IV. Programming with Active Constraints: 10. Constraint propagation in ECLiPSe; 11. Top-down search with active constraints; 12. Optimisation with active constraints; 13. Constraints on reals; 14. Linear constraints over continuous and integer variables; Solutions to selected exercises; Bibliographic remarks; Bibliography; Index....
