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Drools planner: nurse rostering scenario configuration with competition.xsd

I am modelling a personnel rostering based on Drools Planner Nurse Rostering.

I am toying with the *.xml samples based on the competition.xsd schema. The schema is in general very clear, but there are so many configuration parameters that I am not sure how to properly configure each of them. For instance, I cannot figure out how to correctly set up the patterns and their usage in the contracts tags.

The aim is to correctly model my scenario .xml file in order to avoid unnecessary contraints and to correctly weight the useful ones.

So, I am looking for some detailed references about the competition.xsd schema, and maybe a tutorial about the usage of the schema.

Solution

  • Nurse rostering competition documentation found here.

    A usefull article by Geoffrey De Smet here.