Considering Section Balance in an Integer Optimization Model for the Curriculum-Based Course Timetabling Problem
| dc.contributor.author | Palma, Cristian D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bornhardt, Patrick | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-06T17:20:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-08-06T17:20:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | University course timetabling is a complex and time-consuming duty that every educational institution faces regularly. It consists of scheduling a set of lectures in predefined time slots so as to avoid student conflicts, meet teacher and room availability, and manage several institution-specific operational rules. In this paper, we schedule courses based on a curriculum, that is, before the students’ registration. Unlike other curriculum-based models, the proposed model considers two practical aspects when managing the conflicts between lectures: (i) it schedules sections of subjects so that each section is evenly likely to be registered by the students, and (ii) it considers the failure rates and periodicity a subject is taught. We present a multi-objective integer programming model that maximizes the use of specific time slots, the symmetry in which the lectures of a course are scheduled during a week, and the flexibility for straggler students to take courses. The model is solved using commercial software, and it is applied to a real course-timetabling problem. We show the advantages of its use by comparing the model’s solution with the actual solution obtained by the manual scheduling. | es |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mathematics, 2020, vol.8(10), 1763 | es |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.3390/math8101763 | es |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11447/4252 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | es |
| dc.subject | Course timetabling | es |
| dc.subject | Integer programing | es |
| dc.subject | Balanced scheduling | es |
| dc.subject | Curriculum-based timetabling | es |
| dc.title | Considering Section Balance in an Integer Optimization Model for the Curriculum-Based Course Timetabling Problem | es |
| dc.type | Article | es |
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