University course timetabling: From theory to practice

RUDOVÁ, Hana. University course timetabling: From theory to practice. In Multidisciplinary International Scheduling Conference. 2015.

Basic information

• Original name: University course timetabling: From theory to practice
• Authors: RUDOVÁ, Hana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Multidisciplinary International Scheduling Conference, 2015.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Requested lectures
• Field of Study: 10201 Computer sciences, information science, bioinformatics
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14330/15:00081694
• Organization unit: Faculty of Informatics
• Keywords in English: course timetabling
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

University course timetabling introduces diverse complex problems which may be very different in correspondence with country, institution, or even a school. Complexity of the problems is related with the size represented by the number of courses and students and with the characteristics such as curricula structure, course structure, or involved optimization criteria. In practice, standard benchmark problems represented by enrollment-based and curriculum-based timetabling must be extended by elective courses, course sections and issues related with fairness of generated timetables. Compactness of timetables common in high school timetabling becomes very complex issue given the diversity of student timetables. Theoretical advances with respect to above mentioned issues will be discussed. Practical application and experience with timetabling at two different institutions in Europe and United States will be summarized.

Links

• GAP202/12/0306, research and development project: Name: Dyschnet - Dynamické plánování a rozvrhování výpočetních a síťových zdrojů (Acronym: Dyschnet)

Investor: Czech Science Foundation