Re: PAKCS, problem with module CLPFD

From: Steffen Mazanek <steffen.mazanek_at_unibw.de>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 05:03:00 -0500

2008/2/8, Michael Hanus <mh_at_informatik.uni-kiel.de>:
>
> Sorry for the insufficient explanation, but PAKCS does not
> provide any specific implementation for FD constraints
> but just reuses the implementation which is available
> in SICStus Prolog. So, look at the documention at
>
> http://www.sics.se/sicstus/docs/latest3/html/sicstus.html/Enumeration-Predicates.html
>
> for more details. As far as I understand, it is not possible
> to minimize and maximize several variables at the same time
> since the labeling function commits to one solution if
> maximize/minimize is used. A solution to your problem is
> to define a single variable that represents the overall cost
> which should be maximized. For instance, you can define
> c=y-x-z and maximize c:
>
> CLPFD> domain [x,y,z] 0 100 & c =# y -# x -# z & labeling [Maximize c] [x,y,z]
> Free variables in goal: x, y, z, c
>
> Result: success
> Bindings:
> x=0
>
> y=100
> z=0
> c=100 ? ;
> No more solutions.
>
> I hope that helps.

Thank you for your help with that. I have tried your example and it
works as expected. With my more complex constraints unfortunately
I get no solution. I try to break this down to give a simple example.

Thanks again,
Steffen
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