Transforming Constraint Programs to Input for Local Search

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Main Authors: Devriendt, Jo, De Causmaecker, Patrick, Denecker, Marc
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Published: 2026
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author Devriendt, Jo
De Causmaecker, Patrick
Denecker, Marc
author_facet Devriendt, Jo
De Causmaecker, Patrick
Denecker, Marc
contents Applying local search algorithms to combinatorial optimization problems is not an easy feat. Typically, human intervention is required to compile the constraints to input data for some metaheuristic algorithm. In this paper, we establish a link between symmetry properties of constraint optimization problems and local search neighborhoods, and we use this link to automatically generate neighborhoods from a constraint specification in the context of the IDP system. We evaluate the obtained neighborhoods for six classical optimization problems. The resulting observations support the viability of this technique.
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spellingShingle Transforming Constraint Programs to Input for Local Search
Devriendt, Jo
De Causmaecker, Patrick
Denecker, Marc
Artificial Intelligence
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Applying local search algorithms to combinatorial optimization problems is not an easy feat. Typically, human intervention is required to compile the constraints to input data for some metaheuristic algorithm. In this paper, we establish a link between symmetry properties of constraint optimization problems and local search neighborhoods, and we use this link to automatically generate neighborhoods from a constraint specification in the context of the IDP system. We evaluate the obtained neighborhoods for six classical optimization problems. The resulting observations support the viability of this technique.
title Transforming Constraint Programs to Input for Local Search
topic Artificial Intelligence
I.2.4
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.19671