Consistency for partially defined constraints

Partially defined constraints can be used to model the incomplete knowledge of a concept or a relation. Instead of only computing with the known part of the constraint, we propose to complete its definition by using machine learning techniques. Since constraints are actively used during solving for pruning domains, building a classifier for instances is not enough: we need a solver able to reduce variable domains. Our technique is composed of two steps: first we learn a classifier for the constraint´s projections and then we transform the classifier into a propagator. We show that our technique not only has good learning performances but also yields a very efficient solver for the learned constraint