A brief overview of over-constrained systems

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1106, Issue , 1996, Pages 1-22

  Jampel, Michael ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; CONSTRAINT THEORY;

HIERARCHICAL INFORMATION; OVER-CONSTRAINED SYSTEMS;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 21344469184     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-61479-6_16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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