Hi, Any one got an idea? Thanks ----------------- http://www.codessentials.com - Your essential software, for free! Follow us at http://twitter.com/#!/Codessentials ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Michiel Vermandel <mvermand(a)yahoo.com&gt; *To:* Rules lists.jboss.org <rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org&gt; *Sent:* Wednesday, February 6, 2013 8:44 AM *Subject:* [rules-users] Planner: What is a good example/algo to chain entities? Hi, I need to keep some Planning entities (Tasks) together and I am looking for some insights/ideas/examples in how to tackle this. Tasks are grouped by a groupId (Groups are problem facts). The Tasks do not have to be grouped like a pillar but more like an accordion. One of the planning variables is "Period", a Period typically is 3 weeks and we have 12 Periods to plan the tasks into. The requirement is that all tasks within a group need to be kept together in such a way that: - the spread (nr of periods) of the tasks is minimal - the spread is never more than the sum of the duration of the separate tasks in the group. So given a group of 3 tasks: 1)This is good: Period 12345789ABC T1: xxx T2: xx T3: x 2)This is better: Period 12345789ABC T1: xxx T2: xx T3: x 3)This is (one of) the best: Period 12345789ABC T1: xxx T2: xx T3: x 4)This is bad: Period 12345789ABC T1: xxx T2: xx T3: x

Of course 3 is favorite, but maybe not possible due to other planning variables (-> availability of people to execute the tasks). I need to plan a few hundred of such groups of tasks which all share the same Period space and list of available people. (A person can only do one task per period) I have got the DRL rule that keeps the tasks together (rule counts the gaps) , but giving penalty for making gaps (by shifting a single task) makes it hard to find a good solution. What would be the best approach to solve this problem? - A combination of custom mover and swapper which moves/swaps groups instead of single tasks? - The above in combination with a group shuffle factory (swapping tasks in a single group)?

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Hi Geoffry, Thanks for the advice. About: Is 4) worse than 1)? Yes it is because in 4) there is a gap (P7) and in 1) there is not. I understand it seems strange, but that is a requirement of the customer...

Regards, Michiel ----------------- http://www.codessentials.com - Your essential software, for free! Follow us at http://twitter.com/#!/Codessentials ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* Geoffrey De Smet <ge0ffrey.spam(a)gmail.com&gt; *To:* rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org *Sent:* Monday, February 11, 2013 11:21 AM *Subject:* Re: [rules-users] Planner: What is a good example/algo to chain entities? Op 08-02-13 09:20, Michiel Vermandel schreef: > Hi, > > Any one got an idea? > > Thanks > ----------------- > http://www.codessentials.com - Your essential software, for free! > Follow us at http://twitter.com/#!/Codessentials > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Michiel Vermandel <mvermand(a)yahoo.com&gt; > <mailto:mvermand@yahoo.com> > *To:* Rules lists.jboss.org <http://lists.jboss.org/> > <rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org&gt; <mailto:rules-users@lists.jboss.org> > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 6, 2013 8:44 AM > *Subject:* [rules-users] Planner: What is a good example/algo to > chain entities? > > Hi, > > I need to keep some Planning entities (Tasks) together and I am > looking for some insights/ideas/examples in how to tackle this. > Tasks are grouped by a groupId (Groups are problem facts). > The Tasks do not have to be grouped like a pillar but more like an > accordion. > One of the planning variables is "Period", a Period typically is 3 > weeks and we have 12 Periods to plan the tasks into. > > The requirement is that all tasks within a group need to be kept > together in such a way that: > - the spread (nr of periods) of the tasks is minimal > - the spread is never more than the sum of the duration of the > separate tasks in the group. > > So given a group of 3 tasks: > > 1)This is good: > > Period 12345789ABC > T1: xxx > T2: xx > T3: x > > 2)This is better: > > Period 12345789ABC > T1: xxx > T2: xx > T3: x > > 3)This is (one of) the best: > > Period 12345789ABC > T1: xxx > T2: xx > T3: x > > 4)This is bad: > > Period 12345789ABC > T1: xxx > T2: xx > T3: x Is 4) worse than 1)? > > Of course 3 is favorite, but maybe not possible due to other planning > variables (-> availability of people to execute the tasks). > I need to plan a few hundred of such groups of tasks which all share > the same Period space and list of available people. > (A person can only do one task per period) > > I have got the DRL rule that keeps the tasks together (rule counts > the gaps) , but giving penalty for making gaps (by shifting a single > task) makes it hard to find a good solution. > What would be the best approach to solve this problem? > > - A combination of custom mover and swapper which moves/swaps groups > instead of single tasks? > - The above in combination with a group shuffle factory (swapping > tasks in a single group)? Not sure what you mean with these last 2 questions, but course grained moves are probably a good way to get out this situations. For example: move all T's in the same period (or that share a period). <pillarSwapMoveSelector> does this if the value is exactly the same (you'll need variableNameInclude since 6.0.0.Alpha7 if you have multiple vars...) Otherwise, take a look at BedDesignationPillarPartSwapMoveFactory for inspiration (it's pretty different, but interesting to learn). > > Other ideas? > > > Thanks a lot! > ----------------- > http://www.codessentials.com <http://www.codessentials.com/> - Your > essential software, for free! > Follow us at http://twitter.com/#!/Codessentials > <http://twitter.com/#%21/Codessentials> > > _______________________________________________ > rules-users mailing list > rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org <mailto:rules-users@lists.jboss.org> > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > rules-users mailing list > rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org <mailto:rules-users@lists.jboss.org> > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org <mailto:rules-users@lists.jboss.org> https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users _______________________________________________ rules-users mailing list rules-users(a)lists.jboss.org https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/rules-users