G. Gange, P. J. Stuckey and V. Lagoon (2010) "Fast Set Bounds Propagation Using a BDD-SAT Hybrid", Volume 38, pages 307-338

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Binary Decision Diagram (BDD) based set bounds propagation is a powerful approach to solving set-constraint satisfaction problems. However, prior BDD based techniques in- cur the significant overhead of constructing and manipulating graphs during search. We present a set-constraint solver which combines BDD-based set-bounds propagators with the learning abilities of a modern SAT solver. Together with a number of improvements beyond the basic algorithm, this solver is highly competitive with existing propagation based set constraint solvers.

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