Constraint propagation solvers interleave propagation, removing impossible values from variable domains, with search. The solver state is modified during propagation. But search requires the solver to return to a previous state. Hence a propagation solver must determine how to maintain state during propagation and forward and backward search. This paper sets out the possible ways in which a propagation solver can choose to maintain state, and the restrictions that such choices place on the resulting system. Experiments illustrate the result of various choices for the three principle state components of a solver: variables, propagators, and dependencies between them. This paper also provides the first realistic comparison of trailing versus copying for state restoration. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
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Reischuk, R. M., Schulte, C., Stuckey, P. J., & Tack, G. (2009). Maintaining state in propagation solvers. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (Vol. 5732 LNCS, pp. 692–706). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04244-7_54
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