Getting started with Constraint Programming

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Larsenal picture Larsenal · Nov 26, 2008 · Viewed 15.4k times · Source

Looking for tips, tutorials, books and other resources to get started with Constraint Programming.

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belwood picture belwood · Dec 5, 2008

There is a lot of excellent material available on the web once you get in the groove, but the links below are (IMO) good starting points (the ones I used).

Programming with Constraints: An Introduction - (Course website)
Programming with Constraints: An Introduction - (Google book)
Online Guide to Constraint Programming

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