The Tortoise and the Hare: An Unexpected Scheduling Race Between MILP and CP Solvers

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This paper compares MILP and CP solvers on a new FJS scheduling problem, showing CP is faster and "warm starts" are vital for large instances.
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This paper compares MILP and CP solvers on a new FJS scheduling problem, showing CP is faster and "warm starts" are vital for large instances.