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An Extended Great Deluge Approach to the Examination Timetabling Problem. Proceedings of the 4th Multidisciplinary International Scheduling Conference: Theory and Applications (MISTA 2009), 10-12 Aug 2009, Dublin, Ireland, pages 424-434, 2009.
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A two phased approach incorporating the extended great deluge technique is detailed in relation to the Examination Timetabling Problem as described in the 2nd International Timetabling Competition (ITC2007). The approach proves to be both robust and general. Robust in the sense that it is capable of producing six of the best results published in literature so far on the benchmark datasets and general as the technique has produced in the recent past some of the best results on existing course timetabling benchmark datasets. The datasets used as part of this research, introduced during ITC2007, are described and discussed in detail. We present the results of our technique in relation to the competition results and provide a comparison between the outlined method and those of the competition entrants from the international arena, in order to highlight both characteristics of the technique on the datasets used.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{2009-424-434-P, author = {B. McCollum and P. J. McMullan and A. J. Parkes and E. K. Burke and S. Abdullah},
title = {An Extended Great Deluge Approach to the Examination Timetabling Problem},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 4th Multidisciplinary International Scheduling Conference: Theory and Applications (MISTA 2009), 10-12 Aug 2009, Dublin, Ireland},
year = {2009},
editor = {J. Blazewicz and M. Drozdowski and G. Kendall and B. McCollum},
pages = {424--434},
note = {Paper},
abstract = {A two phased approach incorporating the extended great deluge technique is detailed in relation to the Examination Timetabling Problem as described in the 2nd International Timetabling Competition (ITC2007). The approach proves to be both robust and general. Robust in the sense that it is capable of producing six of the best results published in literature so far on the benchmark datasets and general as the technique has produced in the recent past some of the best results on existing course timetabling benchmark datasets. The datasets used as part of this research, introduced during ITC2007, are described and discussed in detail. We present the results of our technique in relation to the competition results and provide a comparison between the outlined method and those of the competition entrants from the international arena, in order to highlight both characteristics of the technique on the datasets used.},
owner = {gxk},
timestamp = {2010.10.11},
webpdf = {2009-424-434-P.pdf} }