Recommended Constraint Programming System

It is highly recommended that you use the Gecode system for doing your practical tasks. The main reason for this recommendation is that it features some nice tools for constraint programming. And it is free, efficient, and well documented!

Installing Gecode

To install Gecode, please download it from the Gecode download page. Information about how to install Gecode can be found in Chapter 2 of Modeling and Programming with Gecode.

Please make sure to download version 3.7.1 or better.

Getting Started

You need to check out how to model in Gecode. You must read the first two chapters!