diff --git a/abstract_gp.txt b/abstract_gp.txt index 367f280..a4d8f30 100644 --- a/abstract_gp.txt +++ b/abstract_gp.txt @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -Real world problems, such as scheduling and routing problems, are often solved by creating constraint models. -These models are automatically rewritten for the use of dedicated solver programs. -Over the years, both the size of the problems and approaches taken by the solver programs have significantly changed. -This has meant that for some applications the rewriting process has become prohibitively inefficient. -This thesis proposes a more efficient structure for the rewriting process that makes constraint modelling a more powerful and attractive approach. +Real world problems, such as scheduling and routing problems, are often solved by creating high-level models. +These high-level models are automatically rewritten to input suitable for dedicated solver programs. +This thesis proposes an architecture for the rewriting process that makes it significantly more efficient and its results easier to solve. +It also supports solving more challenging real world problems that require solving a sequence of related high-level models. +This defines a new state of the art for model rewriting.