[rules-users] Drools-solver -- solution questions

[Andrew Waterman]

Hello,

I'm starting to work with the drools-solver to help on a gaming  
project.  Basically, we have a game that works in two modes:  1) a  
competitive game where humans (or agents) compete with one another on  
a well defined game board to achieve 24 points by using three (or  
four) agricultural development tokens.  2.  A puzzle, where all 4  
players work cooperatively to create an equitable solution, where all  
4 players win with at least 24 points by means of our agricultural  
development tokens.

I am starting to work with drools-solver to address the puzzle part of  
our game.  Basically, we are interested in having the solver do two  
things for us:  a)  find the optimal solution for our game/puzzle,  
based upon our requirements [this part seems quite straightforward]  
and b) getting  the total number of solutions that satisfy our  
constraints.  We would like, as well, to be able to inspect these  
other, sub-optimal, solutions, in order to explore our game and puzzle  
further.  From my reading of the "Solver" API , it looks like we will  
only be able to get the optimal solution.  Does anyone have any  
suggestions for a workaround in this case?  Or is there some  
functionality in the solver that I am missing?

I look forward to your feedback.

best wishes,

Andrew

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Andrew Waterman
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico