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This paper describes our research into the expansion
of the spreadsheet paradigm by the incorporation of
solvers for systems of linear and finite-domain constraints.
An extended spreadsheet system, called Intellisheet,
allows the entry of expressions that represent
linear and finite-domain constraints, along with
arithmetic expressions, in individual cells. The systems
of constraints that have been entered are automatically
solved by constraint solvers and the resulting
solutions are displayed in the cells that contain the
expressions or in other assigned cells. Intellisheet’s
GUI also has some special features to facilitate constraint
programming. Incorporating constraint solvers
extends the scope of the spreadsheet paradigm to declarative
programming and provides an easier way to solve
a broad class of problems, including linear optimization
and discrete problems.
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 Additional Information
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Index Terms- spreadsheet, constraint programming,
declarative programming, end-user programming environment
Citation:
Yoshihiro Adachi,
"Intellisheet: A Spreadsheet System Expanded by Including Constraint Solvers,"
hcc,
p. 173,
IEEE 2001 Symposium on Human Centric Computing Languages and Environments (HCC'01),
2001
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