Whats the name of the algorithm/concept used here? I used simulated annealing, old fashioned algorithm for a college timetable prototype and I'm wondering how this company is using an AI model.
My background is in AI but I would have been hesitant calling the rule based systems I wrote to automate financial descisions AI at the time.
In this case, Geoffrey also seemed hesitant in the past to refer to his system as AI (see https://www.optaplanner.org/blog/2017/09/07/DoesAIIncludeCon... ), but somtimes you just have to ride the wave that brings in the funding.
I also think AI ousting ML historically was uncalled for, and those that did should bow their heads in shame.
Using the shortcut of "It's AI, but it won't hallucinate because it follows all of your policy and rules" has been a great way to onboard both non technical folks and operators warming up to the idea.
Do note that the base algorithm (such as SA, TS or LA) is less than 5% of the work to get great results. We do a lot of additional things on top of that (incremental score calculation, smart neighborhood selection, multi threaded solving and many more).
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8712955/which-drools-pro...