Symmetry in Constraint Optimization∗
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چکیده
Symmetry is an important feature in constraint programming. Whilst there has been considerable progress in dealing with symmetry in constraint satisfaction problems, there has been less attention to symmetry in constraint optimization problems. In this paper, we propose some general methods for dealing with symmetry in constraint optimization problems.
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