Orsay, 20th  of April 2007

The new release includes many improvements on different levels of the CHIP system, i.e. on the kernel as well as on the modules.

Within CHIP V5.8, we highlight three major new features:

·         CHIP-BCL : New high-level solver library

CHIP-BCL (CHIP Business-oriented Constraints Layer) is a new high-level solver library coming on top of CHIP-C++. The aim of this library is to offer a modeling language using high-level objects, business-oriented constraints and parametric search mechanisms in order to make easier the development of CHIP programs for many types of standard scheduling and planning problems.

·         CHIP Explorer

The "CHIP Explorer" combines in one unique tool a set of functionalities dedicated to the debugging process under CHIP++. It enables the programmer to display, to navigate through and to modify different parts of CHIP++ programs (e.g. predicates, clauses, objects) under a graphical user interface.

·         CSI Solver and CSI Master

The CSI (CHIP Solver Interface) module, introduced in the last Release, has been revisited. Especially, it has been split in two parts: CSI Solver (the CHIP++ or CHIP-C++ solver) and CSI Master (the process that "manages" the solver).

To receive your new release on CD-ROM, please contact COSYTEC Support Service.

chip@cosytec.com