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Op 19-12-11 15:04, Patrik Dufresne schreef:
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<div>Thanks for your opinion. I will try to implement what I call
a <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida
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Grande',Geneva,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;
line-height: 18px; text-align: justify;">tion and give it back
to the community. Where is the best place to post a 'patch' ?</span><br>
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Create a pull request :) on <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://github.com/drools-planner">http://github.com/drools-planner</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/droolsjbpm/droolsjbpm-build-bootstrap/blob/master/README.md">https://github.com/droolsjbpm/droolsjbpm-build-bootstrap/blob/master/README.md</a><br>
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Design wise, I recommend:<br>
It's basically about allowing a dynamic number of levels, instead of
just 2 (hard and soft).<br>
it should not extend AbstractHardAndSoftScore, just extend
AbstractScore<br>
Because it cannot correctly implement
HardAndSoftScore.getSoftScore();<br>
I should just have a Map<Integer, Integer> levelToScoreMap;
(no int hardScore or int softScore)<br>
hardScore is like level 0.<br>
softScore is like level -1.<br>
This allows for:<br>
softerScore at level -2<br>
harderScore at level 1<br>
Higher level is more important then lower level.<br>
The class name should probably contain the word "Level".<br>
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Op 14-12-11 18:40, Patrik Dufresne schreef:
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<div>Hi,</div>
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<div>I'm still in process to model my planning
problem and I have some difficulties in
defining the correct weight of soft
constraints. I have soft constraints with
different priorities : C1, C2, C3, ..., Cn
where C1 are higher then C2. Currently, I've
tried to set different weight for each of
them : C1 get higher weight. But it's not
sufficient since multiple C2 may balance one
C1. What I really need is to set the
priority to every soft constraints.</div>
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<div>Solution #1 :</div>
<div>My first thought it to implement a new
score definition
(HardAndSoftPriorityScoreDefinition) having
separate soft score for each priority. The
rule may insert ConstraintOccurence by
defining the weight and the priority. This
solution seems elegant but require effort to
implement the score definition, the score
calculation, and other things I don't even
know about.</div>
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That is the perfect solution to your problem. Start by
copy pasting <font><font color="#333333" face="'Lucida
Grande', Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">DefaultHardAndSoftScoreDefinition
and work your way from there.<br>
You'll need to create at least a ScoreDefinition,
ScoreCalculator and Score.<br>
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I've been thinking about adding such a "dynamic" score
definition to planner's build-in scores,<br>
but so far every use case where the developers said
they needed this, it turned out end-users meant it
differently:<br>
when you break a 100 C2's, then it's better to break 1
C1 instead...<br>
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<div>Solution #2 :</div>
<div>The other solution is stated in the
Drools Planner User Guide : </div>
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<div>"Most use cases will also weigh their
constraints differently, by multiplying
the count of each score rule with its
weight. For example in freight routing,
you can make 5 broken "avoid crossroads"
soft constraints count as much as 1 broken
"avoid highways at rush hour" soft
constraint. This allows your business
analysts to easily tweak the score
function as they see fit."</div>
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18px;"> Even tough I don't know how to
implement this, it's seems much easier to
achieve since it's only a rule. Compare to
solution #1, it's lack the support of soft
constraints with same priority but different
weights.</div>
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That text describes plain-old weighting. Say C1 weights
100 and C2 weights 2, then you can break 50 C2's for every
1 broken C1.<br>
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This is far easier and most of the time end-users actually
mean this.<br>
Make exaggerated examples (1000 C2's broken vs 1 C1
broken) and make your end-users decide what they prefer.
If they still prefer 1000 C2's broken, then you need #1.<br>
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Tip: Sometimes, taking the square of a weight is a neat
trick.<br>
In bin packing, say you got<br>
Solution A with 3 CPU and 3 CPU too little = 3² + 3² = 18<br>
and Solution B with 4 CPU and 2 CPU too little = 4² + 2² =
20<br>
So the second is worse even though they both miss 6 CPU.<br>
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<div style="font-size: 12px; line-height:
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solution.</div>
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<div style="font-size: 12px; line-height:
18px;"> Is one faster then the other ? </div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12px;
line-height: 18px;">Is it hard to create a
new score definition ?</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12px;
line-height: 18px;">Did anyone ever did
this ? </span></div>
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