Constraint-based configuration of large systems

  • Authors:
  • Ulrich John;Ulrich Geske

  • Affiliations:
  • DaimlerChrysler AG, Research Information & Communication;Fraunhofer FIRST

  • Venue:
  • INAP'01 Proceedings of the Applications of prolog 14th international conference on Web knowledge management and decision support
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

Configuration processes in industry are complex and until now have been time-consuming and costly, even though computers are sometimes used. Furthermore, the configuration found is seldom an optimal or near-optimal solution. We developed a constraint-based system for expert driven configuration that yields good solutions in fairly quickly time depending on the information and the expert knowledge available. We have now extended this approach to deal with large systems consisting of hundred or thousands of components. We describe methods to limit memory-consuming processes and provide results for benchmark problems.