A study of heuristic combinations for hyper-heuristic systems for the uncapacitated examination timetabling problem

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2008.07.023zbMath1159.90528MaRDI QIDQ1014945

Nelishia Pillay, Wolfgang Banzhaf

Publication date: 30 April 2009

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2008.07.023

zbMATH Keywords

heuristics; timetabling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90C59: Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming

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Uses Software

• Hyperheuristics

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