A harmony search algorithm for university course timetabling

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-31

  Al Betar, Mohammed Azmi ^a   Khader, Ahamad Tajudin ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Course timetabling; Exploitation; Exploration; Harmony search; Metaheuristic algorithms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857412685     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-010-0769-z     Document Type: Article

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