Apartment Selection System in Prolog

University Group Project
Developed by: Polyxeni Bouzouki (4535) & Ourania Papadopoulou (4499)

This project is an apartment selection system implemented in Prolog, designed as a university group project. The system allows users to find suitable apartments based on their personal preferences and constraints.

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Features

The system supports three main functionalities:

1. Interactive Mode

   • Allows a single client to input preferences, including:
     • Minimum area
     • Minimum number of bedrooms
     • Pets allowed
     • Floor requirements and elevator availability
     • Maximum rent
     • Base rent for center/suburbs
     • Extra costs for additional square meters and garden area
   • Finds and displays suitable apartments.
   • Recommends the best apartment based on rent, garden size, and total area.

2. Batch Mode

   • Processes multiple clients from a requests.pl file.
   • Finds suitable apartments for each client.
   • Recommends the best apartment for every client.

3. Auction Mode

   • Assigns apartments to multiple clients using a bidding system.
   • Ensures that each apartment is allocated fairly based on client offers.

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Data Files

• houses.pl – Contains all the apartment data.
• requests.pl – Contains client requests for batch and auction modes.

Each apartment is represented as:
house(Address, Bedrooms, Area, Center, Floor, Elevator, PetsAllowed, Garden, Rent).

Each client request is represented as: request(Name, MinArea, MinRooms, DesiredPets, ElevatorFrom, MaxTotal, BaseCenterRent, BaseSuburbRent, ExtraPerSqM, GardenPerSqM).

Usage

Terminal:

-swipl

-[main].

-run.

Follow the interactive menu.

How it Works

Suitability Criteria: Apartments are filtered based on client preferences and maximum acceptable rent.

Best Apartment Recommendation: The system considers the lowest rent, largest garden, and largest total area.

Auction Mode: Apartments are assigned to clients based on the highest offer that meets their preferences.