2.1 What is a CSP?

A CSP is specified by a finite number of variables and a finite number of constraints on these variables:

CSP == Variables + Constraints

A solution to a CSP is an assignment of values to the variables such that the constraints are satisfied.

The constraint programming approach to solving a CSP rests of the following ideas:


Denys Duchier
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