Combination of DSL and DCSP for decision support in dynamic contexts

Abstract

The article is related to the problem of decision support in dynamic business contexts where conditions, values and goals frequently change over time, and users should participate continuously in the problem definition. In our research we explore an opportunity to organize and simplify decision support during complex resource allocation processes by combining domain specific languages (DSL) and distributed constraint satisfaction techniques (DCSP). We describe a particular domain-specific language and the corresponding semantic model in terms of a newly proposed DSL&DCSP framework. Applicability of the framework is demonstrated using a real-life example of resource allocation process in the railway transportation.