Operational Research (OR) techniques have been applied, from the early stages of the
discipline, to a wide variety of issues in education. At the government level, these include …

Abstract In 2007, the Second International Timetabling Competition (ITC-2007) has been
organized and a formal definition of the Curriculum-Based Course Timetabling (CB-CTT) …

This paper presents an Adaptive Tabu Search algorithm (denoted by ATS) for solving a
problem of curriculum-based course timetabling. The proposed algorithm follows a general …

We consider the university course timetabling problem, which is one of the most studied
problems in educational timetabling. In particular, we focus our attention on the formulation …

This work presents integer programming techniques to tackle the problem of the
International Nurse Rostering Competition. Starting from a compact and monolithic …

We present an integer programming approach to the university course timetabling problem,
in which weekly lectures have to be scheduled and assigned to rooms. Students' curricula …

Abstract The International Timetabling Competition 2019 (ITC 2019) posed a university
timetabling problem involving assigning classes to times and rooms for an entire semester …

Abstract The University Course Scheduling Problem (UCSP) is a complex combinatorial
optimization problem. Most universities still use hand-operated scheduling, which usually …

The timetabling of lecturers, seminars, practical sessions and examinations is a core
business process for academic institutions. A feasible timetable must satisfy hard …

University course timetabling problem (UCTP) includes the challenging task of generating
an automated timetable for courses under resource limitations. Manual generated timetables …