Camelin, F., Loudni, S., Pesant, G., & Truchet, C. (2024). Coupling MDL and Markov chain Monte Carlo to sample diverse pattern sets. Data & Knowledge Engineering, 102393 (28 pages).
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Gilles Pesant (159)
- Journal articles (48)
- 2024
Journal article Journal article Aalian, Y., Gamache, M., & Pesant, G. (2024). Short-term underground mine planning with uncertain activity durations using constraint programming. Journal of Scheduling, 17 pages.
- 2022
Journal article Bofill, M., Coll, J., Garcia, M., Giráldez-Cru, J., Pesant, G., Suy, J., & Villaret, M. (2022). Constraint solving approaches to the business-to-business meeting scheduling problem. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 74, 263-301.Journal article Lodi, A., Olivier, P., Pesant, G., & Sankaranarayanan, S. (2022). Fairness over time in dynamic resource allocation with an application in healthcare. Mathematical Programming, 34 pages.
- 2021
Journal article Hashemi Doulabi, H., Jaillet, P., Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2021). Exploiting the Structure of Two-Stage Robust Optimization Models with Exponential Scenarios. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 33(1), 143-162.Journal article Olivier, P., Lodi, A., & Pesant, G. (2021). Measures of balance in combinatorial optimization. 4OR, 20(3), 391-415.Journal article Olivier, P., Lodi, A., & Pesant, G. (2021). The Quadratic Multiknapsack Problem with Conflicts and Balance Constraints. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 33(3), 949-962.
- 2020
Journal article Verhaeghe, H., Nijssen, S., Pesant, G., Quimper, C.-G., & Schaus, P. (2020). Learning optimal decision trees using constraint programming. Constraints, 25(3-4), 226-250.Journal article Ibrahim, M. H., Pal, C. J., & Pesant, G. (2020). Leveraging cluster backbones for improving MAP inference in statistical relational models. Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, 88(8), 907-949.Journal article Doulabi, H. H., Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2020). Vehicle Routing Problems with Synchronized Visits and Stochastic Travel and Service Times: Applications in Healthcare. Transportation Science, 54(4), 1053-1072.
- 2019
Journal article Pesant, G. (2019). From support propagation to belief propagation in constraint programming. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 66, 123-150.Journal article Bianco, G. L., Lorca, X., Truchet, C., & Pesant, G. (2019). Revisiting counting solutions for the global cardinality constraint. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 66, 411-441.
- 2017
Journal article Ibrahim, M.-H., Pal, C. J., & Pesant, G. (2017). Improving probabilistic inference in graphical models with determinism and cycles. Machine Learning, 106(1), 1-54.
- 2016
Journal article Doulabi, S. H. H., Rousseau, L.-M., & Pesant, G. (2016). A constraint-programming-based branch-and-price-and-cut approach for operating room planning and scheduling. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 28(3), 432-448.
- 2015
Journal article Pesant, G. (2015). Achieving Domain Consistency and Counting Solutions for Dispersion Constraints. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 27(4), 690-703.Journal article Meignan, D., Knust, S., Frayret, J.-M., Pesant, G., & Gaud, N. (2015). A review and taxonomy of interactive optimization methods in operations research. Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems, 5(3), 1-43.Journal article Sakti, A., Pesant, G., & Guéhéneuc, Y.-G. (2015). Instance Generator and Problem Representation to Improve Object Oriented Code Coverage. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 41(3), 294-313.Journal article Meignan, D., Frayret, J.-M., & Pesant, G. (2015). Interactive planning system for forest road location. Journal of Heuristics, 21(6), 789-817.
- 2014
Journal article Rix, G., Rousseau, L.-M., & Pesant, G. (2014). A column generation algorithm for tactical timber transportation planning. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 66(2), 278-287.Journal article Pesant, G. (2014). A constraint programming primer. EURO Journal on Computational Optimization, 2(3), 89-97.
- 2013
Journal article Rousseau, L.-M., Gendreau, M., & Pesant, G. (2013). The synchronized vehicle dispatching problem. INFOR, 51(2), 76-83.
- 2012
Journal article Meignan, D., Frayret, J.-M., Pesant, G., & Blouin, M. (2012). A heuristic approach to automated forest road location. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 42(12), 2130-2141.Journal article Pesant, G., Quimper, C.-G., & Zanarini, A. (2012). Counting-Based Search: Branching Heuristics for Constraint Satisfaction Problems. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 43, 173-210.Journal article Berbeglia, G., Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2012). Feasibility of the pickup and delivery problem with fixed partial routes: A complexity analysis. Transportation Science, 46(3), 359-373.Journal article Gaudreault, J., Pesant, G., Frayret, J.-M., & D'Amours, S. (2012). Supply chain coordination using an adaptive distributed search strategy. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics. Part C, Applications and Reviews, 42(6), 1424-1438.
- 2011
Journal article Berbeglia, G., Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2011). Checking the feasibility of dial-a-ride instances using constraint programming. Transportation Science, 45(3), 399-412.Journal article Galinier, P., Hertz, A., Paroz, S., & Pesant, G. (2011). Using local search to speed up filtering algorithms for some NP-hard constraints. Annals of Operations Research, 184(1), 121-135.
- 2010
Journal article Pesant, G. (2010). Constraints: Editor's note. Constraints, 15(3), 305-306.
- 2009
Journal article Gaudreault, J., Frayret, J.-M., & Pesant, G. (2009). Distributed search for supply chain coordination. Computers in Industry, 60(6), 441-451.Journal article van Hoeve, W.-J., Pesant, G., Rousseau, L.-M., & Sabharwal, A. (2009). New filtering algorithms for combinations of among constraints. Constraints, 14(2), 273-292.Journal article Zanarini, A., & Pesant, G. (2009). Solution counting algorithms for constraint-centered search heuristics. Constraints, 14(3), 392-413.
- 2006
Journal article Demassey, S., Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2006). A Cost-Regular Based Hybrid Column Generation Approach. Constraints, 11(4), 315-333.Journal article Van Hoeve, W.-J., Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2006). On global warming: Flow-based soft global constraints. Journal of Heuristics, 12(4-5), 347-373.Journal article Pomerleau, Y., Chamberland, S., & Pesant, G. (2006). On Solving the Tree-Topology Design Problem for Wireless Cellular Networks. Journal of Communications and Networks, 8(1), 85-92.
- 2005
Journal article André, M., Pesant, G., & Pierre, S. (2005). A variable neighborhood search algorithm for assigning cells to switches in wireless networks. Journal of Computer Science, 1(2), 175-181.
- 2004
Journal article Laporte, G., & Pesant, G. (2004). A General Multi-Shift Scheduling System. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 55(11), 1208-1217.Journal article Méric, L., Pesant, G., & Pierre, S. (2004). Recherche locale à voisinage variable pour le routage optique dans des réseaux utilisant des routeurs latins. [Variable Neighbourhood Search for Optical Routing in Networks Using Latin Routers]. Annales des télécommunications, 59(3-4), 265-280.Journal article Rousseau, L.-M., Focacci, F., Gendreau, M., & Pesant, G. (2004). Solving VRPTW with Constraint Programming Based Column Generation. Annals of Operations Research, 130(1-4), 199-216.
- 2003
Journal article Amoussou, G., Andre, M., Pesant, G., & Pierre, S. (2003). Une approche basée sur la programmation par contraintes pour affecter des cellules à des commutateurs dans les réseaux cellulaires pour mobiles. [A constraint programming approach to assign cells to switches in personal communication networks]. Annales des télécommunications, 58(3-4), 584-604.
- 2002
Journal article Bourjolly, J.-M., Laporte, G., & Pesant, G. (2002). An exact algorithm for the maximum k-club problem in an undirected graph. European Journal of Operational Research, 138(1), 21-28.Journal article Pesant, G., & Soriano, P. (2002). An optimal strategy for the constrained cycle cover problem. Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, 34(4), 313-325.Journal article Rousseau, L.-M., Pesant, G., & Gendreau, M. (2002). General approach to the physician rostering problem. Annals of Operations Research, 115(1-4), 193-205.Journal article Gendreau, M., Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2002). Using Constraint-Based Operators to Solve the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows. Journal of Heuristics, 8(1), 43-58.
- 2000
Journal article Bourjolly, J. M., Laporte, G., & Pesant, G. (2000). Heuristics for Finding k-Clubs in an Undirected Graph. Computers & Operations Research, 27(6), 559-569.
- 1999
Journal article Pesant, G., & Gendreau, M. (1999). A constraint programming framework for local search methods. Journal of Heuristics, 5(3), 255-279.Journal article Pesant, G., Gendreau, M., Potvin, J.-Y., & Rousseau, J.-M. (1999). On the Flexibility of constraints programming models: from single to multiple time windows for the traveling salesman problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 117(2), 253-263.Journal article Pesant, G., & Boyer, M. (1999). Reasoning about solids using constraints logic programming. Journal of Automated Reasoning, 22(3), 241-262.
- 1998
Journal article Pesant, G., Gendreau, M., Potvin, J.-Y., & Rousseau, J.-M. (1998). Exact constraint logic programming algorithm for the traveling salesman problem with time windows. Transportation Science, 32(1), 12-29.
- 2024
- Conference papers (95)
- 2025
Conference paper Verhaeghe, H., Cappart, Q., Pesant, G., & Quimper, C.-G. (2025, June). Apprentissage de précédences pour des problèmes de planification avec des réseaux de neurones en graphes [Paper]. Plate-Forme Intelligence Artificielle (PFIA'25), Dijon, France (3 pages).Conference paper Camelin, F., Loudni, S., Pesant, G., & Truchet, C. (2025, June). Sampling Frequent and Diverse Patterns Through Compression [Paper]. 29th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD 2025), Sydney, NSW, Australia. Published in Lecture notes in computer science.Conference paper Camelin, F., Loudni, S., Pesant, G., & Truchet, C. (2025, March). Sampling Frequent and Diversified Patterns Through Compression [Paper]. 40th ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2025), Catania International Airport Catania Italy.Conference paper Yin, C., Cappart, Q., & Pesant, G. (2025, November). Shaping Reward Signals in Reinforcement Learning Using Constraint Programming [Paper]. 22nd International Conference on integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research (CPAIOR 2025), Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Published in Lecture notes in computer science.
- 2024
Conference paper Azéma, M., Desaulniers, G., Mendoza, J. E., & Pesant, G. (2024, May). A Constraint Programming Model for the Electric Bus Assignment Problem with Parking Constraints [Paper]. 21st International Conference on Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research (CPAIOR 2024), Uppsala, Sweden.Conference paper Yin, C., Cappart, Q., & Pesant, G. (2024, May). An Improved Neuro-Symbolic Architecture to Fine-Tune Generative AI Systems [Paper]. 21st International Conference on Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research (CPAIOR 2024), Uppsala, Sweden.Conference paper Verhaeghe, H., Cappart, Q., Pesant, G., & Quimper, C.-G. (2024, September). Learning Precedences for Scheduling Problems with Graph Neural Networks [Paper]. 30th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2024), Girona, Spain (18 pages).
- 2023
Conference paper Pezzoli, G., & Pesant, G. (2023, May). A Weighted Counting Algorithm for the Circuit Constraint [Paper]. 20th International Conference on Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research (CPAIOR 2023), Nice, France.Conference paper Bofill, M., Coll, J., Garcia, M., Giráldez-Cru, J., Pesant, G., Suy, J., & Villaret, M. (2023, August). Constraint Solving Approaches to the Business-to-Business Meeting Scheduling Problem (Extended Abstract) [Abstract]. 32nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Macao.Conference paper Burlats, A., & Pesant, G. (2023, July). Exploiter l'entropie pour la programmation par contraintes [Exploiting entropy in constraint programming]. [Paper]. 18es Journées francophones de programmation par contraintes (JFPC 2023), Strasbourg, France.Conference paper Burlats, A., & Pesant, G. (2023, May). Exploiting Entropy in Constraint Programming [Paper]. 20th International Conference on Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research (CPAIOR 2023), Nice, France.Conference paper Pesant, G. (2023, August). Mini CPBP : a constraint solver propagating beliefs [Abstract]. XCSP3 Competition 2023, France.Conference paper Aalian, Y., Pesant, G., & Gamache, M. (2023, August). Optimization of Short-Term Underground Mine Planning Using Constraint Programming [Paper]. 29th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2023), Toronto, ON, Canada (16 pages).
- 2022
Conference paper Lafleur, D., Anbil Parthipan, S. C., & Pesant, G. (2022, July). Combining reinforcement learning and constraint programming for sequence-generation tasks with hard constraints [Paper]. 28th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2022), Haifa, Israel.Conference paper Nahon, R., Bilodeau, G.-A., & Pesant, G. (2022, May). Improving tracking with a tracklet associator [Paper]. 19th Conference on Robots and Vision (CRV 2022), Toronto, ON, Canada.Conference paper Pesant, G., & Burlats, A. (2022, September). MiniCPBP : a constraint solver propagating beliefs [Paper]. XCSP3 Competition 2022, France.Conference paper Pesant, G., Quimper, C.-G., & Verhaeghe, H. (2022, June). Practically uniform solution sampling in constraint programming [Paper]. 19th International Conference on Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research (CPAIOR 2022), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
- 2021
Conference paper Pesant, G. (2021, January). From support propagation to belief propagation in constraint programming (extended abstract) [Paper]. 29th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2020), Yokohama, Japan.Conference paper Verhaeghe, H., Nijssen, S., Pesant, G., Quimper, C.-G., & Schaus, P. (2021, June). Learning Optimal Decision Trees using Constraint Programming [Paper]. 16th French-Speaking Conference on Constraint Programming (JFPC 2021).Conference paper Verhaeghe, H., Nijssen, S., Pesant, G., Quimper, C.-G., & Schaus, P. (2021, January). Learning optimal decision trees using constraint programming (extended abstract) [Paper]. 29th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2020), Yokohama, Japan.Conference paper Pesant, G., Meel, K. S., & Mohammadalitajrishi, M. (2021, July). On the Usefulness of Linear Modular Arithmetic in Constraint Programming [Paper]. 18th International Conference on the Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research (CPAIOR 2021), Vienna, Austria.
- 2020
Conference paper Haouas, M. N., Aloise, D., & Pesant, G. (2020, September). An exact CP approach for the cardinality-constrained euclidean minimum sum-of-squares clustering problem [Paper]. 17th International Conference on Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research (CPAIOR 2020), Vienna, Austria.Conference paper Babaki, B., Omrani, B., & Pesant, G. (2020, September). Combinatorial Search in CP-Based Iterated Belief Propagation [Paper]. 26th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.Conference paper Babaki, B., & Pesant, G. (2020, November). Parallel Planning using a Lazy Clause Generation Solver [Paper]. 32nd IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI 2020).Conference paper Babaki, B., Pesant, G., & Quimper, C.-G. (2020, May). Solving Classical AI Planning Problems Using Planning-Independent CP Modeling and Search [Paper]. 13th International Symposium on Combinatorial Search (SOCS 2020), Vienna, Austria. Published in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Combinatorial Search, 11(1).
- 2019
Conference paper Pineault, A., Bilodeau, G.-A., & Pesant, G. (2019, September). Tracking pedestrians using constraint programming [Paper]. 25th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2019), Stamford, CT, USA.Conference paper Coste, P., Lodi, A., & Pesant, G. (2019, June). Using Cost-Based Solution Densities from TSP Relaxations to Solve Routing Problems [Paper]. 16th International Conference on the Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research (CPAIOR 2019), Thessaloniki, Greece.
- 2018
Conference paper Gagnon, S., & Pesant, G. (2018, June). Accelerating counting-based search [Paper]. 15th International Conference on Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research (CPAIOR 2018), Delft, Netherlands.Conference paper Olivier, P., Lodi, A., & Pesant, G. (2018, June). A comparison of optimization methods for multi-objective constrained bin packing problems [Paper]. 15th International Conference on Integration of Constraint Programming, Artificial Intelligence, and Operations Research (CPAIOR 2018), Delft, Netherlands.
- 2017
Conference paper Delaite, A., & Pesant, G. (2017, June). Counting weighted spanning trees to solve constrained minimum spanning tree problems [Paper]. 14th International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming, Padua, Italy.Conference paper Pesant, G. (2017, February). Getting more out of the exposed structure in constraint programming models of combinatorial problems [Paper]. 31st Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2017), San Francisco, California. Published in Proceedings of the ... AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 31(1).Conference paper Sakti, A., Pesant, G., & Guéhéneuc, Y.-G. (2017, May). JTeXpert at the SBST 2017 Tool Competition [Paper]. IEEE/ACM 10th International Workshop on Search-Based Software Testing (SBST 2017), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 2016
Conference paper Pesant, G. (2016, May). Balancing Nursing Workload by Constraint Programming [Paper]. 13th International Conference on Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research Techniques in Constraint Programming (CPAIOR 2016), Banff, AB, Canada.Conference paper Pesant, G. (2016, February). Counting-based search for constraint optimization problems [Paper]. 30th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Published in Proceedings of the ... AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 30(1).Conference paper Sakti, A., Pesant, G., & Guéhéneuc, Y.-G. (2016, May). JTExpert at the fourth unit testing tool competition [Paper]. 9th International Workshop on Search-Based Software Testing (SBST 2016), Austin, TX, United states.
- 2015
Conference paper Pesant, G. (2015, August). Achieving Domain Consistency and Counting Solutions for Dispersion Constraints [Abstract]. 21st International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2015), Cork, Ireland.Conference paper Pesant, G., Rix, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2015, May). A comparative study of MIP and CP formulations for the B2B scheduling optimization problem [Paper]. 12th International Conference on Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Operations Research techniques in Constraint Programming (CPAIOR 2015), Barcelona, Spain.Conference paper Ibrahim, M. H., Pal, C. J., & Pesant, G. (2015, January). Exploiting determinism to scale relational inference [Paper]. 29th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2015) and 27th Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference (IAAI 2015), Austin, TX, United states. Published in Proceedings of the ... AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 29(1).Conference paper Sakti, A., Pesant, G., & Guéhéneuc, Y.-G. (2015, May). JTExpert at the Third Unit Testing Tool Competition [Paper]. 8th International Workshop on Search-Based Software Testing (SBST 2015), Florence, Italy.
- 2014
Conference paper Hashemi Doulabi, S. H., Rousseau, L.-M., & Pesant, G. (2014, May). A constraint programming-based column generation approach for operating room planning and scheduling [Paper]. 11th International Conference on the Integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Operations Research (OR) Techniques in Constraint Programming (CPAIOR 2014), Cork, Ireland.
- 2013
Conference paper Rix, G., Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2013, June). A tactical transportation-driven harvest planning problem [Paper]. 8th Triennal Symposium on Transportation Analysis (Tristan VIII), San Pedro de Atacama, Chile.Conference paper Sakti, A., Guéhéneuc, Y.-G., & Pesant, G. (2013, May). Constraint-based fitness function for search-based software testing [Paper]. 10th International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (CPAIOR 2013), Berlin, Germany.Conference paper Brockbank, S., Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2013, September). Counting spanning trees to guide search in constrained spanning tree problems [Paper]. 19th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2013), Uppsala, Sweden.Conference paper El-Mahi, O., Pesant, G., Nicolescu, G., & Beltrame, G. (2013, October). Embedded system verification through constraint-based scheduling [Paper]. International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP 2013), Montréal, Québec, Canada.
- 2012
Conference paper Rix, J. G., Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2012, May). A column generation algorithm to solve a multi-period synchronized log-truck scheduling problem [Paper]. 5th International Workshop on Freight Transportation and Logistics, Mikonos, Grèce.Conference paper Pesant, G. (2012, August). A constraint programming approach to the traveling tournament problem with predefined venues [Paper]. 9th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling (PATAT 2012), Son, Norway.Conference paper Sakti, A., Guéhéneuc, Y.-G., & Pesant, G. (2012, September). Boosting search based testing by using constraint based testing [Paper]. 4th International Symposium on Search Based Software Engineering (SSBSE 2012), Riva del Garda, Italy.Conference paper El-Mahi, O., Nicolescu, G., Pesant, G., & Beltrame, G. (2012, November). Embedded system verification through constraint-based scheduling [Paper]. IEEE International High Level Design Validation and Test Workshop (HLDVT 2012), Huntington Beach, CA, USA.Conference paper Frayret, J.-M., Meignan, D., & Pesant, G. (2012, August). Interactive planning system for forest road construction [Paper]. 4th International Conference on Information Systems, Logistics and Supply Chain (ILS 2012), Québec, Canada.
- 2011
Conference paper Meignan, D., Frayret, J.-M., & Pesant, G. (2011, October). An interactive heuristic approach for the P-forest problem [Paper]. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2011), Anchorage, AK, United states.Conference paper Abdelilah, S., Guéhéneuc, Y.-G., & Pesant, G. (2011, June). CP-SST : approche basée sur la programmation par contraintes pour le test structurel du logiciel [Paper]. 7es Journées francophones de programmation par contraintes, Lyon, France.Conference paper Bhattacharya, N., Sakti, A., Antoniol, G., Guéhéneuc, Y.-G., & Pesant, G. (2011, September). Divide-by-zero exception raising via branch coverage [Paper]. 3rd International Symposium on Search Based Software Engineering (SSBSE 2011), Szeged, Hungary.Conference paper Lodi, A., Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2011, May). On counting lattice points and chvatal-gomory cutting planes [Paper]. 8th International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (CPAIOR 2011), Berlin, Germany.Conference paper Bhattacharya, N., Sakti, A., Antoniol, G., Guéhéneuc, Y.-G., & Pesant, G. (2011, March). Performance analysis of metaheuristic and constraint programming approaches [Paper]. 4th International conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation, Berlin, Germany.Conference paper Pesant, G., & Zanarini, A. (2011, May). Recovering indirect solution densities for counting-based branching heuristics [Paper]. 8th International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (CPAIOR 2011), Berlin, Germany.
- 2010
Conference paper Zanarini, A., & Pesant, G. (2010, June). More Robust counting-based Search Heuristics with Alldifferent Constraints [Paper]. 7th International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (CPAIOR 2010), Bologna, Italie.
- 2009
Conference paper Gaudreault, J., Pesant, G., Frayret, J.-M., & D'Amours, S. (2009, January). An adaptive search strategy for efficient distributed decision making [Paper]. Learning and Intelligent Optimization Conference, Trento, Italy.Conference paper Le Bras, R., Zanarini, A., & Pesant, G. (2009, September). Efficient generic search heuristics within the embp framework [Paper]. 15th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2009), Lisbon, Portugal.Conference paper Pesant, G., Quimper, C.-G., Rousseau, L.-M., & Sellmann, M. (2009, May). The polytope of context-free grammar constraints [Paper]. 6th International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
- 2008
Conference paper Pesant, G., & Quimper, C.-G. (2008, May). Counting solutions of knapsack constraints [Paper]. 5th International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (CPAIOR 2008), Paris, France.Conference paper Gaudreault, J., Frayret, J.-M., Pesant, G., Forget, P., & D'Amours, S. (2008, September). Operations coordination in the lumber industry: from heuristics sto machine learning [Paper]. 13th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering Theory, Applications & Practice, Las Vegas, Nevada.Conference paper Galinier, P., Hertz, A., Paroz, S., & Pesant, G. (2008, May). Using local search to speed up filtering algorithms for some NP-hard constraints [Paper]. 5th International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (CPAIOR 2008), Paris, France.
- 2007
Conference paper Gaudreault, J., Frayret, J.-M., & Pesant, G. (2007, October). Discrepancy-based method for hierarchical distributed optimization [Paper]. 19th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, Patras, Greece.Conference paper Gaudreault, J., Frayret, J.-M., & Pesant, G. (2007, September). Discrepancy-based optimization for distributed supply chain operations planning [Paper]. 9th International Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning, Providence, Rhode Island.Conference paper Zanarini, A., & Pesant, G. (2007, May). Generalizations of the global cardinality constraint for hierarchical resources [Paper]. 4th International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (CPAIOR 2007), Brussels, Belgium.Conference paper Zanarini, A., & Pesant, G. (2007, September). Solution counting algorithms for constraint-centered search heuristics [Paper]. 13th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2007), Providence, RI, United States.
- 2006
Conference paper Zanarini, A., Milano, M., & Pesant, G. (2006, May). Improved algorithm for the soft global cardinality constraint [Paper]. 3rd International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (CPAIOR 2006), Cork, Ireland.Conference paper Van Hoeve, W. J., Pesant, G., Rousseau, L.-M., & Sabharwal, A. Revisiting the Sequence Constraint [Paper]. 12th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2006).
- 2005
Conference paper Demassey, S., Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2005, May). Constraint programming based column generation for employee timetabling [Paper]. 2nd International Conference (CPAIOR 2005), Prague, (CZ).Conference paper Pesant, G. (2005, August). Counting Solutions of CSPs : A structural approach [Paper]. 19th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Edinburgh (UK).Conference paper Gendron, B., Lebbah, H., & Pesant, G. (2005, May). Improving the Cooperation Between the Master Problem and the Subproblem in Constraint Programming Based Column Generation [Paper]. 2nd International Conference on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (CPAIOR 2005), Prague, Czech Republic.Conference paper Pesant, G., & Régin, J.-C. (2005, October). SPREAD : a balancing constraint based on statistics [Paper]. 11th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2005), Sitges, Spain.
- 2004
Conference paper Hellsten, L., Pesant, G., & Van Beek, P. A Domain Consistency Algorithm for the Stretch Constraint [Paper]. 10th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2004).Conference paper Pesant, G. (2004, September). A regular language membership constraint for finite sequences of variables [Paper]. 10th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2004), Toronto, Ont., Canada.Conference paper van Hoeve, W. J., Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. On global warming (softening global constraints) [Paper]. Workshop on Preferences and Soft Constraints.
- 2003
Conference paper Pomerleau, Y., Chamberland, S., & Pesant, G. A Constraint Programming Approach for the Design Problem of Cellular Wireless Networks [Paper]. Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2003).Conference paper Bourdais, S., Galinier, P., & Pesant, G. (2003, September). HIBISCUS: a constraint programming application to staff scheduling in health care [Paper]. 9th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2003), Kinsale, Ireland.Conference paper Pesant, G. (2003, October). Regular language membership constraint for sequences of variables [Paper]. 9th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2003), Kinsale, Ireland.Conference paper Rousseau, L.-M., Gendreau, M., & Pesant, G. (2003, May). Synchronized vehicle dispatching problem [Paper]. Odysseus 2003, Palermo, Italy (3 pages).
- 2002
Conference paper Amoussou, G., André, M., Pesant, G., & Pierre, S. (2002, May). Affectation de cellules à des commutateurs dans les réseaux cellulaires mobiles par programmation par contraintes [Paper]. Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2002), Winnipeg, Manitoba.Conference paper Pesant, G., & Laporte, G. (2002, January). Algorithme robuste pour la confection d'horaires cycliques [Paper]. Journées francophones de programmation logique et programmation par contraintes (JFPLC 2002), Nice, France.Conference paper Rousseau, L.-M., Gendreau, M., & Pesant, G. (2002, January). Solving small VRPTWs with constraint programming based column generation [Paper]. International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization, Paris, France.Conference paper André, M., Pesant, G., & Pierre, S. (2002, May). Une approche basée sur la programmation par contraintes pour affecter des cellules à des commutateurs dans les réseaux cellulaires pour mobiles [A constraint programming approach for the assignment of cells to switches in a mobile communication network]. [Paper]. Journées de l'optimisation/Optimization Days 2002, Montréal, Québec.Conference paper André, M., Pesant, G., & Pierre, S. (2002, January). Using tabu search for assigning cells to switches in mobile cellular networks [Paper]. 21st Biennal Symposium on Communications, Kingston.
- 2001
Conference paper Amoussou, G., Pesant, G., & Pierre, S. (2001, May). Affectation de cellules à des commutateurs par programmation par contraintes [Paper]. Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2001), Toronto, Ont., Canada.Conference paper Pesant, G. (2001, November). A filtering algorithm for the stretch constraint, principles and practice of constraint programming [Paper]. 7th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2001), Paphos CYP.Conference paper André, M., Amoussou, G., Pierre, S., & Pesant, G. (2001, May). An exact constraint programming algorithm for the assignment of cells to switches in a mobile communication network [Presentation]. In 43e Congrès annuel de la Société canadienne de recherche opérationnelle (SCRO), conjointement avec les Journées de l'optimisation (SCRO-JOPT 2001), Québec, Québec.Conference paper Rousseau, L.-M., Pesant, G., & Gendreau, M. (2001, January). Building negative reduced cost paths using constraint programming [Paper]. 7th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 2001), Paphos.Conference paper Galinier, P., Jaumard, B., Morales, R., & Pesant, G. (2001, January). Constraint-based approach to the Golomb ruler problem [Paper]. 3rd International Workshop on the Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems (CPAIOR 2001), Ashford, UK.
- 2000
Conference paper Rousseau, L.-M., Gendreau, M., & Pesant, G. (2000, January). A Hybrid Algorithm to Solve Physician Rostering Problem [Paper]. 2nd Workshop on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems.
- 1999
Conference paper Rousseau, L.-M., Gendreau, M., & Pesant, G. (1999, June). Une hybridation de programmation par contraintes et recherche locale pour le problème de tournées de véhicules [Paper]. 8es Journées francophones de programmation logique et programmation par contraintes (JFPLC 1999), Lyon, France.Conference paper Rousseau, L.-M., Gendreau, M., & Pesant, G. (1999, January). Using constraint-based operators with Variable Neighborhood Search to solve the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows [Paper]. 1st Workshop on Integration of AI and OR Techniques in constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems.
- 1997
Conference paper Pesant, G., Gendreau, M., & Rousseau, J.-M. (1997, January). GENIUS-CP: a generic single-vehicle routing algorithm [Paper]. 3rd International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 1997), Linz.Conference paper Pesant, G., Séguin, R., & Soriano, P. (1997, August). High school timetabling by constraint programming [Paper]. 2nd international conference on the practice and theory of automated timetabling (PATAT 1997), Toronto, Canada.
- 1996
Conference paper Pesant, G., & Gendreau, M. (1996, August). View of local search in constraint programming [Paper]. 2nd International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming (CP 1996), Cambridge, US.
- 2025
- Book chapters (2)
- 2005
Book chapter Soumis, F., Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2005). Gestion des horaires et affectation du personnel. In Baptiste, P., Giard, V., Haït, A., & Soumis, F. (eds.), Gestion de production et ressources humaines : Méthodes de planification dans les systèmes productifs (pp. 71-111).Book chapter Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2005). Programmation par contraintes. In Baptiste, P., Giard, V., Haït, A., & Soumis, F. (eds.), Gestion de production et ressources humaines : Méthodes de planification dans les systèmes productifs (pp. 223-247).
- 2005
- Reports (14)
- 2022
Report Aalian, Y., Gamache, M., & Pesant, G. (2022). Short-term underground mine planning with uncertain activity durations using constraint programming. (Technical Report n° G-2022-44).
- 2017
Report Olivier, P., Lodi, A., & Pesant, G. (2017). A comparison of optimization methods for multi-objective constrained bin packing problems. (Technical Report n° DS4DM-2017-015).Report Olivier, G., Lodi, A., & Pesant, G. (2017). A comparison of optimization methods for multi-objective contrained bin packing problems. (Technical Report n° DS4DM-2017-015).
- 2015
Report Pesant, G. (2015). Achieving domain consistency and counting solutions for dispersion constraints. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2015-08).
- 2014
Report Rix, G., Rousseau, L.-M., & Pesant, G. (2014). A transportation-driven approach to annual harvest planning. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2014-24).
- 2013
Report Rix, G., Rousseau, L.-M., & Pesant, G. (2013). A column generation algorithm for tactical timber transportation planning. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2013-40).Report Meignan, D., Frayret, J.-M., & Pesant, G. (2013). Interactive planning system for forest road location. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2013-37).
- 2010
Report Berbeglia, G., Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2010). Checking the Feasibility of Dial-a-Ride Instances using Constraint Programming. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2010-16).Report Berbeglia, G., Pesant, G., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2010). Feasibility of the pickup and delivery problem with fixed partial routes: A complexity Analysis. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2010-15).
- 2008
Report Gaudreault, J., Pesant, G., Frayret, J.-M., & D'Amours, S. (2008). ADS: An adaptive search strategy for efficient distributed decision making. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2008-49).Report Boivin, S., Gendron, B., & Pesant, G. (2008). A load balancing procedure for parallel constraint programming. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2008-32).Report Galinier, P., Hertz, A., Paroz, S., & Pesant, G. (2008). Using Local Search to Speed Up Filtering Algorithms for Some NP-Hard Constraints. (Technical Report n° G-2008-02).
- 2007
Report Gaudreault, J., Frayret, J.-M., & Pesant, G. (2007). Concurrent Discrepancy-based Search for Distributed Optimization. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2007-09).Report Zanarini, A., & Pesant, G. (2007). Solution counting algorithms for constraint-centered search heuristics. (Working Paper n° CIRRELT-2007-18).
- 2022