Research Catalog

Title

Practice and theory of automated timetabling : first international conference, Edinburgh, U.K., August 29-September 1, 1995 : selected papers / Edmund Burke, Peter Ross, eds.

Publication

New York : Springer, 1996.

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Additional Authors

• Burke, Edmund, Ph. D.
• Ross, Peter, 1950-

Description

xiii, 379 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Lecture notes in computer science ; 1153

Uniform Title

Lecture notes in computer science ; 1153.

Subjects

• Scheduling > Data processing > Congresses
• Genetic algorithms > Congresses
• Constraints (Artificial intelligence) > Data processing > Congresses

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Recent Developments in Practical Examination Timetabling / M. W. Carter and G. Laporte -- Computer-Aided School and University Timetabling: The New Wave / V. A. Bardadym -- Scheduling, Timetabling and Rostering - A Special Relationship? / A. Wren -- Examination Timetabling in British Universities - A Survey / E. K. Burke, D. G. Elliman and P. H. Ford -- Employee Timetabling, Constraint Networks and Knowledge-Based Rules: A Mixed Approach / A. Meisels, E. Gudes and G. Solotorevsky -- Automated Time Table Generation Using Multiple Context Reasoning with Truth Maintenance / V. Ram and C. Scogings -- Investigations of a Constraint Logic Programming Approach to University Timetabling / C. Cheng, L. Kang and N. Leung -- Building University Timetables Using Constraint Logic Programming / C. Gueret, N. Jussien and P. Boizumault -- Complete University Modular Timetabling Using Constraint Logic Programming / G. Lajos -- Using Oz for College Timetabling / M. Henz and J. Wurtz -- A Smart Genetic Algorithm for University Timetabling / D. C. Rich -- A Genetic Algorithm Solving a Weekly Course-Timetabling Problem / W. Erben and J. Keppler -- GA-Based Examination Scheduling Experience at Middle East Technical University / A. Ergul -- Peckish Initialisation Strategies for Evolutionary Timetabling / D. Corne and P. Ross -- A Memetic Algorithm for University Exam Timetabling / E. K. Burke, J. P. Newall and R. F. Weare -- Extensions to a Memetic Timetabling System / B. Paechter, A. Cumming and M. G. Norman -- Automatic Timetabling in Practice / R. C. Rankin -- The Complexity of Timetable Construction Problems / T. B. Cooper and J. H. Kingston -- Some Combinatorial Models for Course Scheduling / D. de Werra -- The Phase-Transition Niche for Evolutionary Algorithms in Timetabling / P. Ross, D. Corne and H. Terashima-Marin -- Three Methods Used to Solve an Examination Timetable Problem / J. P. Boufflet and S. Negre -- General Cooling Schedules for a Simulated Annealing Based Timetabling System / J. Thompson and K. A. Downsland -- How to Decompose Constrained Course Scheduling Problems into Easier Assignment Type Subproblems / V. Robert and A. Hertz -- A list of other papers presented at the conference.

ISBN

3540617949 (alk. paper)

LCCN

96035279

OCLC

ocm35558936

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries