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Gecode 6.3.0 and 6.4.0 are releasedDraft
Gecode 6.3.0 collects seven years of solver and MiniZinc integration work, while 6.4.0 modernizes the build, adds new propagation functionality, and starts a more active release line.
Gecode 6.3.0 collects seven years of solver and MiniZinc integration work, while 6.4.0 modernizes the build, adds new propagation functionality, and starts a more active release line.
Selecting well-spaced points looks simple, but the usual decomposition creates quadratically many auxiliary variables. This post compares direct Gecode propagators and shows how a matching bound can strengthen them.
A real wedding seating plan led to a MiniZinc model that balances practical requests with the chance of finding something to talk about. The post shows the central constraints and the mixed-radix objective.