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What is the practical modelling advice that follows?

  • A.State the strongest constraints you can prove and measure the effect
  • B.State the minimum set of constraints needed for correctness
  • C.Avoid global constraints in favour of simple binary ones
  • D.Choose the encoding with the fewest variables in every case

Answer: A

Adding implied constraints, using global constraints where they apply and trying alternative encodings, then measuring, is how industrial models are developed. Minimal models propagate poorly, global constraints are the strongest tool available, and variable count is a poor proxy for difficulty. That the advice is to add rather than to minimise runs against most programming instincts, which is why it has to be stated explicitly.

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