The examination timetabling problem at Universiti Malaysia Pahang: comparison of a constructive heuristic with an existing software solution

DOI10.1016/J.EJOR.2010.04.011MaRDI QIDQ992647zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. N. M. Kahar, Graham Kendall

Publication date 9 September 2010

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2010.04.011

zbMATH Keywords

optimisationheuristicschedulingtimetabling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Case-oriented studies in operations research (90B90)

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• Hyperheuristics

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