An expert systems based methodology for solving resource allocation problems
Ehud Gudes, Tsvi Kuflik, Amnon Meisels · 1990
A general paradigm for solving resource allocation, time-tabling and scheduling problems is presented. The paradigm is based on an expert system approach which looks for a feasible solution that satisfies the problem's real-life constraints, rather than on an analytic approach which looks for an optimal solution by using simplified constraints. The main feature of the new paradigm is a general control strategy which includes three parts that deal with allocation, with constraints checking and with changes to allocations, termed local changes.