Updated demo data sets and improvements for visit dependencies (FSR), and shift priorities (ESS) (v0.25.0)

This new version of the Timefold Platform comes with the following improvements:

We have introduced documentation about Planning AI concepts. This documentation will help to understand the concepts used in Timefold software.
Several stability and performance improvements were made, including fixes for headless set-up of the Timefold platform and better validation when location coordinates are provided as part of input data.

The new version also comes with updates to these Timefold Models:

Field Service Routing (v1 | Stable)

Improved Demo Data: We have replaced the existing demo datasets with new ones that are more realistic and better showcase the model’s features. The new demo datasets cover basic Field Service Routing capabilities, Visit Groups, and Visit Dependencies.
New visit dependency feature: We have added
minStartDateAdjusterIncrement
to the
minDelayTo

VisitDependency
. The value determines how many times the
minStartDateAdjuster
is applied. This allows a more precise control over the delay. More information can be found in Dependencies between visits under Visit dependency with minimum delay as a point in time.
There is a new feature guide explaining lunch breaks and personal appointments.

Employee Shift Scheduling (v1 | Stable)

Improved Demo Data: We have replaced the existing demo datasets with new ones that are more realistic and better showcase the model’s features. The new demo datasets cover basic Employee Shift Scheduling capabilities, Contract Period Rules, and Hourly Demand Rules.
Flexible shift priorities: We have added the ability to define custom priorities and weights for shifts. Whenever the model needs to choose between multiple shifts to assign to an employee, it will favor shifts with higher priority. See Unassigned shift rule for more information.
Added constraints to check maximum number of locations worked for an employee
We extended the period rules to restrict the maximum number of locations an employee works during a period. See documentation of the rules for more information: Locations worked per period not in required range for employee and Locations worked per period not in preferred range for employee.
There is a new guide explaining the employee availability features.

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