scholarly journals A study on university course and exam timetabling problems and methods: an optimization survey

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.14) ◽  
pp. 191
Author(s):  
Ahmad Firdaus Khair ◽  
Mokhairi Makhtar ◽  
Munirah Mazlan ◽  
Mohamad Afendee Mohamed ◽  
Mohd Nordin Abdul Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Reliable Method ◽  
Exam Timetabling ◽  
Timetabling Problem ◽  
University Timetabling ◽  
University Course

The objective of this paper was to retrieve the overview approaches that have been proposed and classification constraints related to previ-ous papers of timetabling problems. Optimisation and scheduling are essential problems in every type of timetabling that can be considered as a non-deterministic polynomial. The objective of this paper to investigate the course and exam timetabling problem by presented classifi-cation table of set of constraints and describes the most reliable method that has been used to solve university timetabling problem. The re-sult of study concerned the two most successfully method that widely used for optimising course and exam timetable. The contribution of this study also help to provide knowledge and idea for further surveys. 

Parallel Ant Colony Optimization on the University Course-Faculty Timetabling Problem in MSU-IIT

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Earth B. Ugat ◽  
Jennifer Joyce M. Montemayor ◽  
Mark Anthony N. Manlimos ◽  
Dante D. Dinawanao
Keyword(s):  
Ant Colony Optimization ◽  
Ant Colony ◽  
Timetabling Problem ◽  
University Course ◽  
The University

scholarly journals Genetic Algorithm for Exam Timetabling Problem - A Specific Case for Japanese University Final Presentation Timetabling

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiawei LI ◽  
Tad Gonsalves
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Real Data ◽  
Initial Population ◽  
Exam Timetabling ◽  
Timetabling Problem ◽  
Training Approach ◽  
Chromosome Representation ◽  
Genetic Algorithm Approach ◽  
Hard And Soft Constraints ◽  
Microsoft Office

This paper presents a Genetic Algorithm approach to solve a specific examination timetabling problem which is common in Japanese Universities. The model is programmed in Excel VBA programming language, which can be run on the Microsoft Office Excel worksheets directly. The model uses direct chromosome representation. To satisfy hard and soft constraints, constraint-based initialization operation, constraint-based crossover operation and penalty points system are implemented. To further improve the result quality of the algorithm, this paper designed an improvement called initial population pre-training. The proposed model was tested by the real data from Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. The model shows acceptable results, and the comparison of results proves that the initial population pre-training approach can improve the result quality.

scholarly journals Solving University Course Timetabling Problem Using Multi-Depth Genetic Algorithm

2020 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 01001
Author(s):  
Alfian Akbar Gozali ◽  
Shigeru Fujimura
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Individual Student ◽  
Course Timetabling ◽  
Timetabling Problem ◽  
Search Spaces ◽  
University Course Timetabling ◽  
Course Timetabling Problem ◽  
University Course ◽  
The University ◽  
Additional Constraints

The University Course Timetabling Problem (UCTP) is a scheduling problem of assigning teaching event in certain time and room by considering the constraints of university stakeholders such as students, lecturers, and departments. The constraints could be hard (encouraged to be satisfied) or soft (better to be fulfilled). This problem becomes complicated for universities which have an immense number of students and lecturers. Moreover, several universities are implementing student sectioning which is a problem of assigning students to classes of a subject while respecting individual student requests along with additional constraints. Such implementation enables students to choose a set of preference classes first then the system will create a timetable depend on their preferences. Subsequently, student sectioning significantly increases the problem complexity. As a result, the number of search spaces grows hugely multiplied by the expansion of students, other variables, and involvement of their constraints. However, current and generic solvers failed to meet scalability requirement for student sectioning UCTP. In this paper, we introduce the Multi-Depth Genetic Algorithm (MDGA) to solve student sectioning UCTP. MDGA uses the multiple stages of GA computation including multi-level mutation and multi-depth constraint consideration. Our research shows that MDGA could produce a feasible timetable for student sectioning problem and get better results than previous works and current UCTP solver. Furthermore, our experiment also shows that MDGA could compete with other UCTP solvers albeit not the best one for the ITC-2007 benchmark dataset.

scholarly journals The application of Coarse-Grained Parallel Genetic Algorithm with Hadoop in University Intelligent Course-Timetabling System

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Liping Wu
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Educational Administration ◽  
Coarse Grained ◽  
Map Reduce ◽  
Parallel Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Course Timetabling ◽  
Timetabling Problem ◽  
University Course Timetabling ◽  
Course Timetabling Problem ◽  
University Course

The university course-timetabling problem is a NP-C problem. The traditional method of arranging course is inefficient, causes a high conflict rate of teacher resource or classroom resource, and is poor satisfaction in students. So it does not meet the requirements of modern university educational administration management. However, parallel genetic algorithm (PGA) not only have the advantages of the traditional genetic algorithm(GA), but also take full advantage of the computing power of parallel computing. It can improve the quality and speed of solving effectively, and have a broad application prospect in solving the problem of university course-timetabling problem. In this paper, based on the cloud computing platform of Hadoop, an improved method of fusing coarse-grained parallel genetic algorithm (CGPGA) and Map/Reduce programming model is deeply researched, and which is used to solve the problem of university intelligent courses arrangement. The simulation experiment results show that, compared with the traditional genetic algorithm, the coarse-grained parallel genetic algorithm not only improves the efficiency of the course arrangement and the success rate of the course, but also reduces the conflict rate of the course. At the same time, this research makes full use of the high parallelism of Map/Reduce to improve the efficiency of the algorithm, and also solves the problem of university scheduling problem more effectively.

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