COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Computer Science

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ZEYNEP NIHAN BERBERLER

Offered to

Computer Science

Course Objective

This course aims to provide an introduction to a new programming paradigm based on constraints over finite domains and provide experience of how to use these methods for solving combinatorial problems. Different constraint modeling languages and programming tools will be introduced and used for modeling complex discrete optimization and combinatorial problems as constraint programs, as well as to write specific search methods.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Rossi, F., Van Beek, P., Walsh, T., Handbook of Constraint Programming, Elsevier Science, New York, 2006 (ISBN: 9780080463803).
Supplementary Book(s): Marriott, K., Stuckey, P., Programming with Constraints: An Introduction, MIT Press, 1998 (ISBN: 9780262133418).
Hooker, J.N., Integrated Methods for Optimization, Springer International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Vol. 170, 2012 (ISBN: 9781461419006).

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation and discussion format. Besides the taught lecture, group presentations are to be prepared by the groups assigned and presented in a discussion session. In some weeks of the course, results of the homework given previously are discussed.

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

zeynep.berberler@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced in the beginning of the semester.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes