In some areas (like operations research) constraint programming is often identified with constraint programming over finite domains.
en.wikipedia.org He has contributed significantly in the fields of manufacturing and operations management, finance and economics, marketing, industrial engineering, operations research, and optimal control.
en.wikipedia.org Operations research techniques include linear programming and other areas of optimization, queuing theory, scheduling theory, network theory.
en.wikipedia.org In this sense, it could be considered a branch of systems engineering or operations research.
en.wikipedia.org It is used in surveys developed in applied sciences, often on behalf of marketing, product management, and operations research.
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