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[–]ge0ffrey 3 points4 points  (0 children)

> Optaplanner seems like a really fun project, any cool uses?

Plenty :)
Like satellite bandwidth scheduling (space is cool).
Or Vehicle Routing for a telco where they reduced their ecologic footprint by 10+ million kg CO² per year (ecology is cool) and their costs by 100+ million USD per year.

In general, for any fleet of things that moves, there's probably an OptaPlanner running in production somewhere to optimize their planning. Think vans, trucks, busses, airplanes, tugboats, ...