Sleep Shift Solver (Java, Maven or Gradle)

Assign people to shifts and beds to produce a better schedule for volunteers who need to sleep.

Setup

1. Clone the repository.
2. Make sure you have the Java Development Kit installed - OpenJDK 18 Download.
3. Make sure you have Maven installed - Maven Download.
4. You can develop in VSCode at the root of the repo or in Eclipse/IntelliJ by importing a Maven project (pom.xml).

Running

Start the application with Maven:
mvn exec:java

Export the application to a .jar file:
mvn clean install
The jar will be in the target folder. Make sure to use the withdependencies one.

Configuration

There are a few places where code can be commented out or back in depending on desired behavior.

• Static shift bed population: Sometimes it is useful to reverse the order of the search.

Usage Example

Launch the application and select the "example" folder.

More information

Visit https://www.optaplanner.org/[www.optaplanner.org] for documentation on the constraint solving library.