• DocumentCode
    3027257
  • Title

    Using a genetic algorithm optimizer tool to generate good quality timetables

  • Author

    El Mahdi, Omar ; Ainon, R.N. ; Zainuddin, Roziati

  • Author_Institution
    Fac. of Comput. Sci. & Inf. Technol., Malaya Univ., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    14-17 Dec. 2003
  • Firstpage
    1300
  • Abstract
    This paper describes a Genetic Algorithm optimizer tool with adaptive parameter control designed to generate a university timetable. In this research we aim to show that by controlling the parameter settings of the genetic operators we can improve the quality of the timetable. This tool was tested on actual data and we present the experimental results.
  • Keywords
    educational administrative data processing; further education; genetic algorithms; graph colouring; scheduling; adaptive parameter control; constrained scheduling problems; fitness function; genetic algorithm optimizer tool; good quality timetables; graph colouring; lecture timetable; parameter settings; repair function; university timetable; Adaptive control; Algorithm design and analysis; Computer science; Constraint optimization; Design optimization; Genetic algorithms; Information technology; Programmable control; Simulated annealing; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2003. ICECS 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 10th IEEE International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8163-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICECS.2003.1301753
  • Filename
    1301753