SOFTENG 306 Project 2

This project is about using artificial intelligence and parallel processing power to solve a difficult scheduling problem.

Running the Project

Push a .dot file to the root directory of the project and run the command below.

java -jar scheduler.jar INPUT.dot P [OPTION]

• INPUT.dot: an input dot file containing the graph description
• P: an integer number of processors the schedule will be performed on

Optional:

• -p N: use N cores for execution in parallel (default is sequential)
• -v: run visualisation
• -o OUTPUT: output file is named OUTPUT (default is INPUT-output.dot)

Acknowledgements

• Amy Rimmer (arim402@aucklanduni.ac.nz)
• Brendan Zhou (bz503@aucklanduni.ac.nz)
• Ellen Zhang (ezha122@aucklanduni.ac.nz)
• Ishaan Bhide (ibhi775@aucklanduni.ac.nz)
• Matthew Ouyang (wouy448@aucklanduni.ac.nz)
• Yuewen Zheng (azhe202@aucklanduni.ac.nz)

Running JavaFX (IntelliJ)

If you want to run JavaFX for development purposes using IntelliJ IDE:

1. Download JavaFX SDK.
2. IntelliJ > Run > Edit configurations.
3. Add configuration.
4. Modify options > Add VM option.
5. Add the following line:

--module-path "<path/to/javafx_sdk>" --add-modules=javafx.controls,javafx.fxml

5. Run the configuration to test the JavaFX GUI.