Integer programming methods for large-scale practical classroom assignment problems

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 53, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-53

  Phillips, Antony E ^a   Waterer, Hamish ^b   Ehrgott, Matthias ^c   Ryan, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classroom assignment; Integer programming; Lexicographic optimisation; University course timetabling

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; SCHEDULING; TEACHING;

ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS; AUCKLAND; CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; OPTIMISATIONS; TIMETABLING; UNIVERSITY COURSE TIMETABLING;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84906826211     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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