Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming - CP98

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, CP 98, held in Pisa, Italy, in October 1998. The 29 revised full papers presented were carefully selected from a total of 115 submissions. Also included are two invited papers, the abstract of an invited talk, 14 posters, and a paper on telecommunication applications. All current aspects of constraint programming are covered.