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********************** Call for Participation ************************
GRASCOMP Graduate School in Computing Science is organizing
CONSTRAINT-BASED LOCAL SEARCH
by Pascal Van Hentenryck (Brown University)
20, 21 & 22 June 2007
Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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CONTENT :
Comet is an object-oriented programming language for constraint-based
local search [1]. It features advanced modeling and control
abstractions to simplify the design and implementation of neighborhood
search algorithms, including invariants, differentiable events,
events, and nondeterminism. It also supports high-level abstractions
for parallel and distributed computing. Its applications range from
resource allocation, to facility locations and scheduling.
Comet's underlying computational paradigm is Constraint-Based Local
Search, the idea of specifying local search algorithms as two
components: a high-level model describing the applications in terms of
constraints, constraint combinators, and objective functions; a search
procedure expressed in terms of the model at a high abstraction level.
Constraint-based local search makes it possible to build local search
algorithms compositionally, to separate modeling from search, to
promote genericity and reusability across many applications, and to
exploit problem structure to achieve high performance.
[1] P. Van Hentenryck, L. Michel. Constraint-Based Local Search.
MIT Press, 2005.
ORGANISATION :
- This three days course will contain practical and tutoring sessions
where the participants will use Comet.
- The tutoring and pratical sessions will be held in a computer lab.
Participants may bring their own laptop, provided they already
installed Comet (www.comet-online.org).
REGISTRATION :
- This course is open to graduate students and researchers from any
university. The number of participants is limited to 40 persons.
- The participation fee is 100 Euros for students and 200 Euros for
non students. It is free for the GrasComp graduate students.
- Some rooms are available at the Relais hotel (www.relais.ucl.ac.be)
in Louvain-la-Neuve (32 Euros, single room).
- Registration is mandatory. For information and registration,
contact Stéphanie Landrain ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
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