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CHOCO
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CHOCO is a java library for constraint satisfaction problems (CSP) and constraint programming (CP).
It is built on an event-based propagation mechanism with backtrackable structures.
CHOCO can be used for:
> teaching (as a user-oriented constraint solver with open-source code)
> research (for state-of-the-art algorithms and techniques, user-defined constraints, domains and variables)
> real-life applications (many applications now embed choco)
Please visit the project web site (http://choco.emn.fr) for more information.
REQUIREMENTS
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> A Java 6 or later compatible virtual machine for your operating system.
DOCUMENTATION
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Look for the most up-to-date documentation on the CHOCO web site, under the Documentation menu
(http://choco.emn.fr/choco-documentation.html)
RELEASE
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The choco-2.1.5.zip file is composed of the following directories and files:
> choco-solver: a JAR file providing tools for modeling and solving problems using CP (the heart of CHOCO)
> choco-solver-cpviz: choco-solver + CP-Viz wrapper (using AOP), a JAR file providing tool for modeling and solving
problems using CP and also producing XML files for CP-Viz (web site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cpviz/)
> extra: directory with extra JARs:
> choco-db: a database toolbox, interfacing choco-solver
> choco-parsers: parser interface and implementations (CSC, FZN) for choco-solver
> choco-cli: Command-Line Interpreter facilities for choco-solver, choco-db and choco-parsers
> choco-visu: "alive" visualization toolbox
> samples: a directory of runnable classes of problems modeled and solved with choco-solver
> apidocs: javadoc repository
> documentation PDF file
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choco-2.1.5.zip
|-- apidocs // javadoc files
|-- choco-doc-2.1.5.pdf // Documentation
|-- choco-solver-2.1.5.jar // CHOCO solver
|-- choco-solver-2.1.5-with-sources.jar // Sources of CHOCO solver
|-- choco-solver-cpviz-2.1.5.jar // CHOCO solver + CP Viz logs
|-- extra
| |-- choco-db-2.1.5.jar // Database insertion tool
| |-- choco-parsers-2.1.5.jar // Parsers interfaces + MZN + FCSP
| |-- choco-cli-2.1.5.jar // Command Line Interpreter
| `-- choco-visu-2.1.5.jar // Visualization tool box
|-- samples-2.1.5.jar // Samples of CHOCO programs
`-- README
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