ACCELERATED SOLUTION OF CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION PROBLEMS BY PARTITIONING OF THE VARIABLE SPACE

Methods, systems and apparatus for modeling a target system includes defining a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) that characterizes the target system in terms of a set of variables, each having a respective input domain, and initial constraints applicable to the variables. The variables are partitioned into at least first and second sets. An abstract solution is found to the CSP, including a given assignment of the variables in the first set. A reduced domain of at least one of the variables in the second set is computed, so as to be compatible with the abstract solution. A redundant constraint on the abstract solution is determined responsively to the reduced domain. A concrete solution to the CSP is then found, using the abstract solution and the redundant constraint.