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Encodings for the Traveling Salesman Problem

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So far, this book has presented several techniques for modeling constraint satisfaction, dynamic programming, and planning problems. This chapter presents encodings for the Traveling Salesman Problem, comparing models for several solvers, including CP, SAT, MIP, and tabled planning.

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    http://sofdem.github.io/gccat/gccat/Ccircuit.html.

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    http://sofdem.github.io/gccat/gccat/Celement.html.

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    A variable is called an attributed variable if one or more attributes are attached to it. A domain variable is a special kind of an attributed variable .

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    The option label is supported in Picat version 1.4 and later.

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    In Picat version 1.3, the mip module only supports linear constraints.

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Zhou, NF., Kjellerstrand, H., Fruhman, J. (2015). Encodings for the Traveling Salesman Problem. In: Constraint Solving and Planning with Picat. SpringerBriefs in Intelligent Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25883-6_7

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