Global constraints: A survey

Constraint programming (CP) is mainly based on filtering algorithms; their association with global constraints is one of the main strengths of CP because they exploit the specific structure of each constraint. This chapter is an overview of these two techniques. A collection of the most frequently used global constraints is given and some filtering algorithms are detailed. In addition, we try to identify how filtering algorithms can be designed. At last, we identify some problems that deserve to be addressed in the future