Solving Constraint Satisfaction Problems in Java

Have you ever tried to schedule a meeting for a group of very busy persons with lots of agenda constraints, solve a crossword or Sudoku puzzle or optimally allocate scarce resources to various activities? If so, you have, consciously or unconsciously, been dealing with a Constraint Satisfaction Problem. Typically, these problems require some form of human intelligence to be solved adequately, and cannot be solved automatically by straight-forward algorithms within an acceptable amount of time. This presentation will show you an effective way to solve these complex problems and this presentation will show you examples of how to implement it in Java.