@InProceedings{MannPalu_LatFitCOLA_10, author = {Martin Mann and Alessandro Dal Palu}, title = {Lattice model refinement of protein structures}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Workshop on Constraint Based Methods for Bioinformatics (WCB 2010)}, year = {2010}, pages = {7}, location = {Edinburgh, UK}, arxiv = {1005.1853}, user = {mmann}, abstract= {In this paper we model and implement a Constraint Programming method to refine a lattice fitting of a protein structure produced by a greedy search. We show that the model is able to provide better quality solutions. The prototype is implemented in COLA and it is based on a limited discrepancy approach. Finally, some promising extensions based on local search are discussed.} }