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Re:Ask HN: What algorithms should I research to code a confe... by westurner on Saturday September 16, 2017 @09:45PM (#15267804)
Resource scheduling, CSP (Constraint Satisfaction programming)

CSP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constraint_satisfaction_proble...

Scheduling (production processes):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheduling_(production_process...

Scheduling (computing):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheduling_(computing)

... To an OS, a process thread has a priority and sometimes a CPU affinity.

Re:Ask HN: What algorithms should I research to code a confe... by westurner on Saturday September 16, 2017 @09:59PM (#15267851)
Re:Ask HN: What algorithms should I research to code a confe... by viertaxa on Saturday September 16, 2017 @10:46PM (#15267994)
Thanks for the information! CSP definitely sounds like something to look into.