Hello all, This may be a bit of a dumb question, since I'm new to the field, but I'm wondering if Jess is suitable for constraint based problem solving? After searching the list I haven't found this mentioned much.
In my company we are trying to optimize certain logistics operations. We have a thousands of shipments and we would like to find ones that are compatible to be shipped together. There are a whole set of rules about what is compatible and what is not - from simple rules like the kind of transport being used and meeting required delivery dates to complex things like the total weight and volume of goods must not exceed certain amounts, the total round trip path to all the destinations is capped (though not necessarily optimized) etc. It seems like we could define the shipments as facts, the constraints as rules and then Jess would match up compatible sets of shipments. However I am not sure if this is what Jess is meant for or good at. As I said, I am pretty new to all this, so if Jess is not a good fit then any advice about where to look, books to read etc. would be very much appreciated. Cheers, Simon. -------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send the words 'unsubscribe jess-users [EMAIL PROTECTED]' in the BODY of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], NOT to the list (use your own address!) List problems? Notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------
