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Summary of Domain-independent Dynamic Programming, by Ryo Kuroiwa et al.


Domain-Independent Dynamic Programming

by Ryo Kuroiwa, J. Christopher Beck

First submitted to arxiv on: 25 Jan 2024

Categories

  • Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
  • Secondary: None

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Medium GrooveSquid.com (original content) Medium Difficulty Summary
The proposed Domain-Independent Dynamic Programming (DIDP) model-based paradigm aims to decouple modeling and solving combinatorial optimization problems. By introducing the Dynamic Programming Description Language (DyPDL), a formalism inspired by artificial intelligence planning, DIDP models can be defined as state transition systems. This allows for the use of heuristic search algorithms to solve these models. The authors experimentally compare their DIDP solvers with commercial mixed-integer programming (MIP) and constraint programming (CP) solvers on various benchmark instances, showing that DIDP outperforms MIP in nine problem classes, CP in nine problem classes, and both MIP and CP in seven.
Low GrooveSquid.com (original content) Low Difficulty Summary
DIDP is a new way to solve problems. It’s like a blueprint for solving puzzles. The authors created a special language called DyPDL to make it easy to define these blueprints. They then used computers to try different solutions and found the best one. They compared their method to other popular methods, like MIP and CP, and showed that DIDP is often better.

Keywords

» Artificial intelligence  » Optimization