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+# CPSolver-ITC2007
+CPSolver entry to the International Timetabling Competition 2007 (ITC2007)
+<http://www.cpsolver.org/itc2007/>
+
+The [constraint solver][cpsolver] was among finalists for all three tracks of the 
+[International Timetabling Competition 2007 (ITC2007)][itc2007] and it won two of them.
+
+### Competition
+
+[International Timetabling Competition 2007][itc2007] consisted of three tracks of timetabling problems:
+- [Track 1: Examination Timetabling][exam]
+- [Track 2: Post Enrollment based Course Timetabling][tim]
+- [Track 3: Curriculum Based Course Timetabling][cct]
+
+In this project, the solver that was developed using [Constraint Solver Library][cpsolver-org] to solve
+all these three tracks is presented.
+
+### Documentation & Other Resources
+- [Solver Description][description]
+- [API Documentation][api]
+- [Solver Execution][exec]
+
+### Results
+The solver got among finalists for all three tracks (i.e., between 5 solvers that scored
+the best on the published data sets in each competition track). It won two tracks.
+
+- 1st place in Track 1: Examination Timetabling,
+- 5th place in Track 2: Post Enrollment based Course Timetabling,
+- 1st place in Track 3: Curriculum Based Course Timetabling.
+
+See [offical pages][finals] for more details.
+
+[cpsolver]: https://github.com/tomas-muller/cpsolver
+[cpsolver-org]: http://www.cpsolver.org
+[itc2007]: http://www.cs.qub.ac.uk/itc2007
+[exam]: http://www.cs.qub.ac.uk/itc2007/examtrack/exam_track_index.htm
+[tim]: http://www.cs.qub.ac.uk/itc2007/postenrolcourse/course_post_index.htm
+[cct]: http://www.cs.qub.ac.uk/itc2007/curriculmcourse/course_curriculm_index.htm
+[description]: http://www.cpsolver.org/papers/itc2007.pdf
+[api]: http://www.cpsolver.org/api/itc2007
+[exec]: http://www.cpsolver.org/itc2007/exec.php
+[finals]: http://www.cs.qub.ac.uk/itc2007/winner/finalorder.htm