On 02-06-13 17:38, Barry Dresdner
wrote:
Hi
- Forgive me if this not the correct mailing list for my
questions.
For OptaPlanner (=Drools Planner) this is the correct mailing list
:)
We 'll be moving to our own mailing list / webforum soon.
I'm looking for information about OptaPlanner, but first some
background. I am using Activiti for BPMN workflows. Activiti
uses RESTful services to retrieve tasks. I also use Alfresco
to check a calendar against resources to prevent double
tasking, etc.
So I am wondering if OptaPlanner can be used to create a
schedule
Yes, task assignment (~ workforce scheduling) is a common problem
talked by OptaPlanner.
That calendar resource(s) is probably part of the planning problem,
because it sounds like your constraints need it.
See the quick start (docs) and the curriculum course example for
inspiration.
and push it into Activiti.
That glue code you'll need to write yourself. Since it's all POJO
based, that shouldn't be hard.
OptaPlanner doesn't care where those POJO's come from and where they
go to: XML (XStream, JAXB, ...), JPA (Hibernate, ...), ... it's all
good.
If you want a lot of features in that integration glue code, camel
might be a good idea. One day we might create optaplanner-camel to
expose OptaPlanner as a REST/SOAP service (but that's pull based,
not push IIRC).
I don't necessarily want complete automation as I'd like to be
able to use a user interface to view what the scheduler came
up with and allow users to change as needed 9even if there are
scheduling errors).
Yes, that's a typical use case: Generate the planning with
OptaPlanner but allow user's to change the result afterwards.
In OptaPlanner you can even go further: You can make specific
assignments "immovable" (see docs), so OptaPlanner doesn't move them
if the user has locked an assignment.
Or even semi-immovable: OptaPlanner can move it, but at the
expensive of a Score penalty (so only if there's enough gain in
moving it).
Also look for "guiScoreDirector" in the docs.
Thanks for any assistance. - Barry
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