public List <Shift> Generate(IEngineerPool engineerPool, int shiftsPerPeriod)
{
// Populate the shift schedule without engineers
var shifts = new List <Shift>(shiftsPerPeriod);
for (int i = 0; i < shiftsPerPeriod; i++)
{
shifts.Add(new Shift(i));
}
// Find an engineer and then walk through the shifts to
// find the next valid one
Engineer candidate;
while ((candidate = engineerPool.PullRandom()) != null)
{
for (int i = 0; i < shiftsPerPeriod; i++)
{
if (shifts[i].Engineer == null)
{
var foundSuitableSlot = _ruleEvaluator.IsValid(i, candidate.Id, shifts);
if (foundSuitableSlot)
{
shifts[i].Engineer = candidate;
engineerPool.Remove(candidate);
break;
}
}
}
}
return(shifts);
}
public List <Shift> Generate(IEngineerPool engineerPool, int shiftsPerPeriod)
{
EngineerModel candidate;
var shifts = new List <Shift>();
// Walk throught the shift slots and find a valid engineer for this slot
for (int i = 0; i < shiftsPerPeriod; i++)
{
bool foundSuitableCandiate = false;
while (!foundSuitableCandiate && ((candidate = engineerPool.PullRandom()) != null))
{
foundSuitableCandiate = _ruleEvaluator.IsValid(i, candidate.Id, shifts);
if (foundSuitableCandiate)
{
shifts.Add(new Shift(i)
{
Engineer = candidate
});
engineerPool.Remove(candidate);
engineerPool.ResetPullables();
}
}
}
return(shifts);
}