math problem or scheduler

[Levi Pearson]

On Jul 27, 2005, at 11:45 PM, bibhor dhungel wrote:

> hi,
> i am trying to help a friend figure out an easier way to make a
> schedule for her employees. she has to create schedule with work hours
> for 5 employees and there are various constraints. i figure this is a
> linear programming problem in some ways and i was wondering if there
> are some programs that do that.
> thanks
> bibhor
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What you have here is a constraint programming problem.  Here are  
some sites with information:
http://kti.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~bartak/constraints/
http://clip.dia.fi.upm.es/~vocal/public_info/seminar_notes/node6.html
And here's a guide to using the multi-paradigm language Oz to solve  
constraint problems:
http://www.mozart-oz.org/documentation/fdt/

Good luck, and have fun!

         --Levi