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Latest release
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    Thu 14 April 2022
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Latest blog posts
  • Real-time planning meets SolverManager
    Mon 7 March 2022
    Radovan Synek
  • OptaPlanner documentation turns over a new leaf
    Tue 26 October 2021
    Radovan Synek
  • Order picking optimization in warehouses and supermarkets with OptaPlanner
    Thu 14 October 2021
    Walter Medvedeo
  • Monitor OptaPlanner solvers through Micrometer
    Tue 12 October 2021
    Christopher Chianelli
  • A new AI constraint solver for Python: OptaPy
    Tue 5 October 2021
    Christopher Chianelli
  • How much faster is Java 17?
    Wed 15 September 2021
    Geoffrey De Smet
  • Constraint Streams get some more love
    Thu 19 August 2021
    Lukáš Petrovický
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  • Host your OptaPlanner app on OpenShift (Kubernetes)
    Mon 7 February 2022
    Geoffrey De Smet
  • OptaPlanner - A fast, easy-to-use, open source AI constraint solver for software developers
    Mon 31 January 2022
  • Order picking planning with OptaPlanner
    Fri 31 December 2021
    Anna Dupliak
  • AI lesson scheduling on Quarkus with OptaPlanner
    Thu 18 November 2021
    Geoffrey De Smet
  • Maintenance scheduling
    Fri 12 November 2021
    Geoffrey De Smet
  • Optimized order picking in warehouses and supermarkets
    Tue 26 October 2021
    Walter Medvedeo
  • A modern OO/FP constraint solver
    Tue 14 September 2021
    Geoffrey De Smet
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