In mathematics, a constraint is a condition of an optimization problem that the solution must satisfy. There are several types of constraints—primarily...

solid modeling bodies Constraint (mathematics), a condition of an optimization problem that the solution must satisfy Constraint (mechanics), a relation...

In mathematical optimization, constrained optimization (in some contexts called constraint optimization) is the process of optimizing an objective function...

intelligence and operations research, constraint satisfaction is the process of finding a solution through a set of constraints that impose conditions that the...

integer programming, constraint programming The two subjects of mathematical logic and set theory have belonged to mathematics since the end of the 19th...

is analogous to but differs from the constraint that shows up in mathematical optimization. In TOC, the constraint is used as a focusing mechanism for...

Applied mathematics is the application of mathematical methods by different fields such as physics, engineering, medicine, biology, finance, business,...

The Object Constraint Language (OCL) is a declarative language describing rules applying to Unified Modeling Language (UML) models developed at IBM and...

strictness. These constraints may be environmentally imposed, such as "the rigours of famine"; logically imposed, such as mathematical proofs which must...

Constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs) are mathematical questions defined as a set of objects whose state must satisfy a number of constraints or limitations...

mathematical programming techniques, since you can view rigid body dynamics as attempting to solve an ordinary differential equation on a constraint manifold;...

Barrett, Louis C. (1995). "The extrema of integrals under constraint". Advanced Engineering Mathematics (Sixth ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. pp. 1096–1103...

minimum, or saddle point) throughout the time evolution of the system. This constraint allows the calculation of the equations of motion of the system using...

problem in terms of an objective function and constraint (mathematics) (in this sense, a mathematical program is a specialized and now possibly misleading...

Distributed constraint optimization (DCOP or DisCOP) is the distributed analogue to constraint optimization. A DCOP is a problem in which a group of agents...

"The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences" is a 1960 article written by the physicist Eugene Wigner, published in Communication...

Functions of Several Variables with Inequalities as Side Constraints (M.Sc. thesis). Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Kjeldsen, Tinne...

version of the Hamiltonian constraint using metric variables. Its commutation relations with the diffeomorphism constraints generate the Bergman–Komar...

Discrete mathematics is the study of mathematical structures that can be considered "discrete" (in a way analogous to discrete variables, having a one-to-one...

the distinction between primary and secondary constraints. In Hamiltonian mechanics, a primary constraint is a relation between the coordinates and momenta...

Mathematical programming with equilibrium constraints (MPEC) is the study of constrained optimization problems where the constraints include variational...

their specialization, and to deal with constraints to be effective in their work. Historically, engineering mathematics consisted mostly of applied analysis...

Constraint programming (CP) is a paradigm for solving combinatorial problems that draws on a wide range of techniques from artificial intelligence, computer...

Analysis is the branch of mathematics dealing with continuous functions, limits, and related theories, such as differentiation, integration, measure,...

artificial intelligence and operations research, a regular constraint is a kind of global constraint. It can be used to solve a particular type of puzzle called...

(minimize or maximize) a multivariate quadratic function subject to linear constraints on the variables. Quadratic programming is a type of nonlinear programming...

Non-binding authority in law Non-binding arbitration Non-binding constraint, mathematics Non-binding opinion in patent law: International preliminary report...

a mathematical model whose requirements and objective are represented by linear relationships. Linear programming is a special case of mathematical programming...

Computational mathematics is the study of the interaction between mathematics and calculations done by a computer. A large part of computational mathematics consists...

shortest path) or constraint programs, any constraint program can be formulated as an integer program and vice versa, and constraint and integer programs...