OptaPlanner is an Open Source Constraint Solver written in Java. It solves constraint satisfaction problems with construction heuristics and metaheuristic algorithms.
OptaPlanner is sponsored by Red Hat, part of the JBoss community and closely related to the Drools and jBPM projects in the KIE group.
History
It was founded by Geoffrey De Smet in 2006 under the name Taseree.[1] In 2007, it joined the Drools project as Drools Solver. In 2009 it renamed to Drools Planner. In March 2013, it graduated from Drools project and finally renamed to OptaPlanner. It is under continuous development by a dedicated core team (employed by Red Hat) and external community contributors.[2]
Red Hat's support product for OptaPlanner is called Red Hat Business Optimizer (before 2018 it was called Red Hat JBoss Business Resource Planner). Between March 2014 and March 2015, Red Hat's BRMS and BPM Suite 6.0 subscriptions included it as Tech Preview. As of April 2015, BRMS and BPM Suite 6.1 and higher include it as Full Support.[3]
Research competitions results
OptaPlanner contributors regularly compete against academic researchers in research competitions. Their results include:
ICON Challenge on Algorithm Selection (2014) (2nd place)
International Timetabling Competition (2007) (4th place on Track 1)
References
A decade of OptaPlanner
OptaPlanner - Team
Red Hat Helps Enterprises Optimize Complex Planning and Scheduling Challenges with New Business Resource Planner
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Graduate Studies in Mathematics
Hellenica World - Scientific Library
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