约束问题的求解涉及到人工智能、运筹学、计算机科学等领域.它的应用范围也极为广泛,包括计算机科学、控制科学、生物学等方面.本文对其发展历史、所要求解的问题以及它的基本方法等问题进行了综述.
Constraint processing involves the techniques of artificial intelligence, operations research, computer science and so on. It has found many applications in computer science, control theory, biology and so on. This paper is a survey of its history, methods and the problems it encounters.