Hybrid particle swarm optimization transplanted into a hyper-heuristic structure for solving examination timetabling problem

Swarm and Evolutionary Computation

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-34

  Alinia Ahandani, Morteza ^a   Vakil Baghmisheh, Mohammad Taghi ^b   Badamchi Zadeh, Mohammad Ali ^b   Ghaemi, Sehraneh ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Discrete particle swarm optimization; Examination timetabling; Graph coloring heuristics; Hybridize; Hyper heuristic system

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION; EXAMINATION TIMETABLING; GRAPH COLORINGS; HYBRIDIZE; HYPERHEURISTIC;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; GRAPH THEORY; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO); SCHEDULING;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84870299834     PISSN: 22106502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.swevo.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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