In the present work the issue of decomposing and distributing a configuration problem is approached in a framework where the domain knowledge is represented in a structured way by using a KL-One like language, where whole-part relations play a major role in defining the structure of the configurable objects. The representation formalism provides also a constraint language for expressing complex relations among components and subcomponents. The paper presents a notion of boundness among constraints which specifies when two components can be independently configured. Boundness is the basis for partitioning constraints and such a partitioning induces a decomposition of the configuration problem into independent subproblems that are distributed to a pool of configurators to be solved in parallel. Preliminary experimental results in the domain of PC configuration showing the effectiveness of the decomposition technique in a sequential approach to configuration are also presented.

Decomposing and Distributing Configuration Problems

MAGRO, Diego;TORASSO, Pietro
2002-01-01

Abstract

In the present work the issue of decomposing and distributing a configuration problem is approached in a framework where the domain knowledge is represented in a structured way by using a KL-One like language, where whole-part relations play a major role in defining the structure of the configurable objects. The representation formalism provides also a constraint language for expressing complex relations among components and subcomponents. The paper presents a notion of boundness among constraints which specifies when two components can be independently configured. Boundness is the basis for partitioning constraints and such a partitioning induces a decomposition of the configuration problem into independent subproblems that are distributed to a pool of configurators to be solved in parallel. Preliminary experimental results in the domain of PC configuration showing the effectiveness of the decomposition technique in a sequential approach to configuration are also presented.
2002
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http://www.springerlink.com/content/53uabq0knmf7ar5c/fulltext.pdf
configuration; problem decomposition; distributed problem solving
Magro, Diego; Torasso, Pietro
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