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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mathematical physics refers to the development of mathematical methods for application to problems in physics. The Journal of Mathematical Physics defines...

system is nonholonomic. It is possible to model the wheel mathematically with a system of constraint equations, and then prove that that system is nonholonomic...

first-class constraint is a dynamical quantity in a constrained Hamiltonian system whose Poisson bracket with all the other constraints vanishes on the...

In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm (/ˈælɡərɪðəm/ ) is a finite sequence of mathematically rigorous instructions, typically used to solve...

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

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

Hamiltonian constraint arises from any theory that admits a Hamiltonian formulation and is reparametrisation-invariant. The Hamiltonian constraint of general...