RATIONALE

"Wielinga, Configuration survey"

B. J. Wielinga & A. T. Schreiber, Configuration Design Problem
Solving, IEEE Expert, 1997. 



This survey discusses the possible variations of the Configuration
problem, and describes different approaches, pointing out the
strengths and weaknesses of each.  It's no longer quite up to date,
but it contains so much good analysis of Configuration that it is (for
me, anyway) a "must read".