Semiring-based constraint satisfaction and optimization

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DOI10.1145/256303.256306zbMath0890.68032OpenAlexW2156525231MaRDI QIDQ4377273

Ugo Montanari, Stefano Bistarelli, Francesca Rossi

Publication date: 17 February 1998

Published in: Journal of the ACM (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: http://www.acm.org/pubs/contents/journals/jacm/1997-44/




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