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12th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI'00)   p. 0172
Heuristics for the exam scheduling problem
Fu Zhaohui, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
Andrew Lim, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore

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Abstract: As part of the process of creating a campus-wide timetabling system for the National University of Singapore, the authors investigated examination-scheduling algorithms. The challenge in exam scheduling is to draw up the final examination timetable, taking into account a number of different constraints. The authors propose a different approach when the interexamination gaps (termed paper spread) of each student should be maximized. The results compare favorably against the actual timetable produced by the current manual system.
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Index Terms- scheduling; educational administrative data processing; campus-wide timetabling system; National University of Singapore; examination-scheduling algorithms; final examination timetable; constraints; interexamination gaps; heuristics Citation:  Fu Zhaohui, Andrew Lim, "Heuristics for the exam scheduling problem," ictai, p. 0172,  12th IEEE International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI'00),  2000