diff --git a/example_input.json b/example_input.json
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+[{"id": 1, "group_id": 11, "timetable_id": 3, "sorting": 0},
+{"id": 2, "group_id": 11, "timetable_id": 2, "sorting": 1},
+{"id": 3, "group_id": 11, "timetable_id": 10, "sorting": 2},
+{"id": 4, "group_id": 11, "timetable_id": 6, "sorting": 3},
+{"id": 5, "group_id": 11, "timetable_id": 11, "sorting": 4},
+{"id": 6, "group_id": 11, "timetable_id": 4, "sorting": 5},
+{"id": 7, "group_id": 11, "timetable_id": 8, "sorting": 6},
+{"id": 8, "group_id": 11, "timetable_id": 5, "sorting": 7},
+{"id": 9, "group_id": 11, "timetable_id": 9, "sorting": 8},
+{"id": 10, "group_id": 11, "timetable_id": 1, "sorting": 9},
+{"id": 11, "group_id": 11, "timetable_id": 12, "sorting": 10},
+{"id": 12, "group_id": 11, "timetable_id": 7, "sorting": 11},
+{"id": 13, "group_id": 12, "timetable_id": 14, "sorting": 0},
+{"id": 14, "group_id": 12, "timetable_id": 15, "sorting": 1},
+{"id": 15, "group_id": 12, "timetable_id": 13, "sorting": 2},
+{"id": 16, "group_id": 13, "timetable_id": 1, "sorting": 0},
+{"id": 17, "group_id": 13, "timetable_id": 3, "sorting": 1},
+{"id": 18, "group_id": 13, "timetable_id": 5, "sorting": 2},
+{"id": 19, "group_id": 13, "timetable_id": 4, "sorting": 3},
+{"id": 20, "group_id": 13, "timetable_id": 6, "sorting": 4},
+{"id": 21, "group_id": 13, "timetable_id": 10, "sorting": 5},
+{"id": 22, "group_id": 13, "timetable_id": 7, "sorting": 6},
+{"id": 23, "group_id": 13, "timetable_id": 12, "sorting": 7},
+{"id": 24, "group_id": 13, "timetable_id": 2, "sorting": 8},
+{"id": 25, "group_id": 13, "timetable_id": 9, "sorting": 9},
+{"id": 26, "group_id": 13, "timetable_id": 8, "sorting": 10},
+{"id": 27, "group_id": 13, "timetable_id": 11, "sorting": 11}]
diff --git a/generate.py b/generate.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import random
+import math 
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import json
+from pprint import pprint as pprint
+
+if sys.argv[1] == "help":
+    print(f"{sys.argv[0]} [input_json_file] [maximum_number of students per group]\n {sys.argv[0]} foo.json 12")
+    sys.exit(0)
+
+def generate_random_set(f, s, g):
+    for i in range(1,s):
+        f.write(f"schedule('sched{i}').\n")
+
+    for j in range(1,g):
+        r = math.floor(random.gauss(4, 2))
+        f.write(f"group('group{j}', {r}).\n")
+
+    for group in range(1,g):
+        for sched in range(1,s):
+            rank = random.randrange(s)
+            if rank == 0:
+                break
+            f.write(f"rank('group{group}', 'sched{sched}', {rank}).\n")
+
+def parse_counts(counts):
+    ret = {}
+    for count in counts:
+        c = count[6:-2]
+        g, s = c.split(',\'')
+        ret[g] = s
+    return ret
+
+
+def parse_matchings(matchings):
+    ret = {}
+    for match in matchings:
+        c = match[10:-2]
+        g, s = c.split('\',\'')
+        ret[g] = s
+    return ret
+
+
+class Rules():
+    def __init__(self, json_path):
+        self.timetables = []
+        self.groups = {}
+        self.rankings = []
+
+        with open(json_path, 'r') as f:
+            data = json.loads(f.read())
+
+        for d in data:
+            if d["group_id"] not in self.groups:
+                self.groups[d["group_id"]] = 1
+            else:
+                self.groups[d["group_id"]] += 1
+
+            self.rankings.append((d["group_id"], d["timetable_id"], d["sorting"]))
+        
+    def addTimetable(self, timtableName):
+        self.timetables.append(timtableName)
+    def generateRules(self):
+        r = ""
+        for t in self.timetables:
+            r += f"schedule('sched{t}').\n"
+        for name in self.groups:
+            m = self.groups[name]
+            r +=f"group('group{name}', {m}).\n"
+        for g in self.rankings:
+            
+            r+= f"rank('group{g[0]}', 'sched{g[1]}', {g[2]}).\n"
+        return r
+
+rules = Rules(sys.argv[1])
+for i in range(1,13):
+    rules.addTimetable(i)
+
+#print(rules.generateRules())
+
+max = sys.argv[2]
+
+f = open('.rules.pl', 'w')
+base = open('rules.pl', 'r').read()
+f.write(base.replace("{max}", max))
+f.write(rules.generateRules())
+f.close()
+# create subprocess definition
+process = ['clingo', ".rules.pl", '--outf=2', '-n 3', '-t 3', '--configuration=tweety'] # output json, n number of schedules, t threads
+
+# run subprocess, not sure, if busy-waiting..
+completed_process = subprocess.run(process, universal_newlines=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+
+output = completed_process.stdout
+
+open('solver_output_simple.json', 'w').write(output)
+
+results = json.loads(output)
+
+matchings = []
+counts = []
+
+for r in results["Call"]:
+    w = r["Witnesses"][-1]
+    for m in w["Value"]:
+        if 'count' in m:
+            counts.append(m)
+        if 'matching' in m:
+            matchings.append(m)
+
+matchings = parse_matchings(matchings)
+counts = parse_counts(counts)
+pprint(counts)