Hyper-heuristics have emerged as a way to raise the level of generality of search techniques
for computational search problems. This is in contrast to many approaches, which represent …

The study of differences between timetabling research presented in conferences like PATAT
or published in Annals of OR and commercial timetabling software used in Higher Education …

Decisions made at the strategic level of Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) affect policies,
strategies, and actions that the institutions make as a whole. Decision's structures at HEIs …

Decisions made by deans and university managers greatly impact the entire academic
community as well as society as a whole. In this paper, we present survey results on which …

This paper presents a review pertaining to assignment problem within the education
domain, besides looking into the applications of the present research trend, developments …

The problem of scheduling final exams is a type of educational planning in which the goal is
to find a suitable schedule for the exams of an educational institution in a way that makes …

Many-objective optimization is an area of interest common to researchers, professionals,
and practitioners because of its real-world implications. Preference incorporation into Multi …

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 …

Course timetabling problems are challenging, laborious and repetitive work in the
universities. However, in many universities this repetitive works was still carried out …

Examination timetable is a non-trivial task for administrators of the academic institutions
repeated every semester. In terms of optimization, examination timetabling is a …