A survey of the state-of-the-art of optimisation methodologies in school timetabling problems

JS Tan, SL Goh, G Kendall, NR Sabar - Expert Systems with Applications, 2021 - Elsevier
Educational timetabling is an ongoing challenging administrative task that is required in
most academic institutions. This is mainly due to a large number of constraints and …

[HTML][HTML] Educational timetabling: Problems, benchmarks, and state-of-the-art results

S Ceschia, L Di Gaspero, A Schaerf - European Journal of Operational …, 2023 - Elsevier
We propose a survey of the research contributions on the field of Educational Timetabling
with a specific focus on “standard” formulations and the corresponding benchmark …

Hyper-heuristics to customise metaheuristics for continuous optimisation

JM Cruz-Duarte, I Amaya, JC Ortiz-Bayliss… - Swarm and Evolutionary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Literature is prolific with metaheuristics for solving continuous optimisation problems. But, in
practice, it is difficult to choose one appropriately for several reasons. First and …

Two-stage multi-neighborhood simulated annealing for uncapacitated examination timetabling

R Bellio, S Ceschia, L Di Gaspero, A Schaerf - Computers & Operations …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract We propose a Simulated Annealing approach for the Examination Timetabling
problem, in the classical uncapacitated formulation of Carter et al.(1996). Our solver is …

Towards a generalised metaheuristic model for continuous optimisation problems

JM Cruz-Duarte, JC Ortiz-Bayliss, I Amaya, Y Shi… - Mathematics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Metaheuristics have become a widely used approach for solving a variety of practical
problems. The literature is full of diverse metaheuristics based on outstanding ideas and …

An assignment problem and its application in education domain: A review and potential path

S Faudzi, S Abdul-Rahman… - Advances in Operations …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a review pertaining to assignment problem within the education
domain, besides looking into the applications of the present research trend, developments …

A primary study on hyper-heuristics to customise metaheuristics for continuous optimisation

JM Cruz-Duarte, I Amaya… - 2020 IEEE congress …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Literature is prolific with metaheuristics for solving continuous optimisation problems. But, in
practice, it is difficult to choose one appropriately. Moreover, it is necessary to determine a …

A Survey of solution methodologies for exam timetabling problems

ESK Siew, SL Goh, G Kendall, NR Sabar… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Exam timetabling is a prominent topic in academic administration management as it ensures
the effective utilization of resources and satisfies the requirements and preferences of …

Global optimisation through hyper-heuristics: Unfolding population-based metaheuristics

JM Cruz-Duarte, JC Ortiz-Bayliss, I Amaya, N Pillay - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Optimisation has been with us since before the first humans opened their eyes to natural
phenomena that inspire technological progress. Nowadays, it is quite hard to find a solver …

Exam timetabling with allowable conflicts within a time window

O Abou Kasm, B Mohandes, A Diabat… - Computers & Industrial …, 2019 - Elsevier
The exam timetabling problem is considered an NP-complete problem and its complexity
depends on the different constraints and policies set by an institution's administration. The …