eprintid: 1649 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 30 dir: disk0/00/00/16/49 datestamp: 2013-07-31 07:12:00 lastmod: 2013-07-31 07:12:00 status_changed: 2013-07-31 07:12:00 type: monograph metadata_visibility: no_search creators_name: Bruni, Roberto creators_name: Lluch-Lafuente, Alberto creators_name: Montanari, Ugo creators_id: creators_id: alberto.lluch@imtlucca.it creators_id: title: Constraint Design Rewriting ispublished: submitted subjects: QA75 divisions: CSA full_text_status: public monograph_type: working_paper abstract: We propose an algebraic approach to the design and transformation of constraint networks, inspired by Architectural Design Rewriting. The approach can be understood as (i) an extension of ADR with constraints, and (ii) an application of ADR to the design of reconfigurable constraint networks. The main idea is to consider classes of constraint networks as algebras whose operators are used to denote constraint networks with terms. Constraint network transformations such as constraint propagations are specified with rewrite rules exploiting the network’s structure provided by terms. date: 2013-07 date_type: submitted institution: IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca citation: Bruni, Roberto and Lluch-Lafuente, Alberto and Montanari, Ugo Constraint Design Rewriting. Working Paper (Submitted) document_url: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1649/1/pk65.pdf