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As someone tinkering away on their own optimization algorithm, how big is the market for these sorts of optimization solutions?
by gjrjfnfnndjd 10y ago
As someone tinkering away on their own optimization algorithm, how big is the market for these sorts of optimization solutions?
- chmike 10y agoI guess many people have something to gain from optimization and this means you could get a cut of the money they save. So I would say the potential is big. Actually the market is also limited by the required effort or competence to use the system. OptaPlanner needs apparently a Java programmer. This is where you could make a difference. Make it really simple to use as a toy. It may seam that the use of such tools is a one shot and done. But rules keep changing, and users may want to test and explore the impact of changing rules.
- tempuser99 10y agoIn the millions, once you find an application domain. One project I abandoned part way through (because it was too big for a side-project and just wasn't that exciting to me at the time) was an automated employee scheduling system for organizations with complex constraints. Its a big problem for many organizations, for example event organizers. Think SAAS apps like shiftplanning.com (which started as a 1 man project and was released about the same time as I just started working on mine.) The Drools project which had an example rostering component already included was going to used for the guts of the system with a calendar like web front end, and lots of customizability.
- CJefferson 10y agoThe market is huge, but mostly what we need are more useable systems, not algorithmically cleverer systems (unless your cleverness makes it more useable of course).