Real-world university course timetablingat the International Timetabling Competition 2019

MÜLLER, Tomáš, Hana RUDOVÁ and Zuzana MÜLLEROVÁ. Real-world university course timetablingat the International Timetabling Competition 2019. Journal of Scheduling. Springer US, 2024. ISSN 1094-6136.

Basic information

Original name

Real-world university course timetablingat the International Timetabling Competition 2019

Authors

MÜLLER, Tomáš, Hana RUDOVÁ and Zuzana MÜLLEROVÁ

Edition

Journal of Scheduling, Springer US, 2024, 1094-6136

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.000 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Informatics

Keywords in English

University course timetabling; Competition, Benchmarks; Real-world problems

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

The paper discusses the organization of the International Timetab- ling Competition (ITC 2019), which intends to motivate further research on complex university course timetabling problems coming from practice. Thanks to the UniTime timetabling system, we have collected a strong set of bench- mark instances with diverse characteristics for the competition. The key nov- elty lies in the combination of student sectioning with standard time and room assignment of particular course events. The paper analyzes the real-world course timetabling problems present in the competition. The characteristics of thirty competition instances are described together with their representative features, which are discussed institution by institution. The existing solvers are described and compared based on their competition, current, and time-limited results whenever available. As of October 2023, the competition website has about 490 registered users from 66 countries worldwide and is kept up to date with new results.