A Tool for Visualizing the Behavior of Fuzzy Constraint Satisfaction Solvers

Takuto Yanagida; Masahito Kurihara; Hidetoshi Nonaka

doi:10.20965/jaciii.2010.p0425

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JACIII Vol.14 No.5 pp. 425-430

doi: 10.20965/jaciii.2010.p0425

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A Tool for Visualizing the Behavior of Fuzzy Constraint Satisfaction Solvers

Takuto Yanagida, Masahito Kurihara, and Hidetoshi Nonaka

Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Kita 14, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0814, Japan

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December 2, 2009

Accepted:

February 10, 2010

Published:

July 20, 2010

Keywords:

fuzzy constraint satisfaction problems, visualization, development tool

Abstract

This paper presents a software tool to intuitively comprehend and analyze fuzzy constraint satisfaction problems (FCSPs) through effective visualization with animation. FCSPs are an extension of constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs), which are used for formulating problems in real-world information systems. Once we formulate a problem as an FCSP, it can be solved (in principle) by any existing general-purpose FCSP solvers developed so far. However, the formulation is sometimes difficult because it requires high abstraction of real-world problems and affects the performance of the solvers. The authors believe that the tool will improve this situation by increasing the visibility of the behavior of the solvers.

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T. Yanagida, M. Kurihara, and H. Nonaka, “A Tool for Visualizing the Behavior of Fuzzy Constraint Satisfaction Solvers,” J. Adv. Comput. Intell. Intell. Inform., Vol.14 No.5, pp. 425-430, 2010.

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Available at http://liawww.epfl.ch/JCL/

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Available at http://kussharo.complex.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/˜takty/demo/anvics.en.html

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Available at http://kussharo.complex.eng.hokudai.ac.jp/˜takty/interest/stlics.en.html

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