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Class Scheduling to Maximize Participant Satisfaction

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  • Scott E. Sampson

    (College of Business, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1042)

  • James R. Freeland
  • Elliott N. Weiss

    (The Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22906-6550)

Abstract

In 1990, the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration of the University of Virginia undertook a major revision of its MBA curriculum and instituted a new system for course selection. The administration determined that one component of education quality was allowing students to enroll in their preferred courses. Under the new system, no class times are assigned until all students have made their requests for classes. A schedule needed to be constructed that simultaneously met class-size and facility constraints, satisfied faculty time preferences, and maximized the satisfaction of student course requests. The solution technique needed to be quick and flexible, allowing the registrar to test the effects of various scheduling constraints. Integer programming was found to be impractical. We developed a local-search heuristic procedure to effectively and efficiently solve this scheduling problem.

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  • Scott E. Sampson & James R. Freeland & Elliott N. Weiss, 1995. "Class Scheduling to Maximize Participant Satisfaction," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 25(3), pages 30-41, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:25:y:1995:i:3:p:30-41
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.25.3.30
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    1. Haase, Knut & Latteier, Jörg & Schirmer, Andreas, 1997. "Course planning at Lufthansa technical training: Constructing more profitable schedules," Manuskripte aus den Instituten für Betriebswirtschaftslehre der Universität Kiel 442, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre.
    2. Vid Ogris & Tomaž Kristan & Andrej Škraba & Marko Urh & Davorin Kofjač, 2016. "iUrnik: Timetabling for Primary Educational Institutions in Slovenia," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 46(3), pages 231-244, April.
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    4. Biniyam Asmare Kassa, 2015. "Implementing a Class-Scheduling System at the College of Business and Economics of Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 45(3), pages 203-215, June.
    5. Schirmer, Andreas & Potzhar, Kathrin, 2001. "Professional course scheduling in airline transport pilot training: A case from Lufthansa flight training," Manuskripte aus den Instituten für Betriebswirtschaftslehre der Universität Kiel 539, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre.
    6. Gerardo Gonzalez & Christopher Richards & Alexandra Newman, 2018. "Optimal Course Scheduling for United States Air Force Academy Cadets," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 48(3), pages 217-234, June.
    7. R. Alan Bowman, 2021. "Developing Optimal Student Plans of Study," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 51(6), pages 409-421, November.
    8. Boronico, Jess, 2000. "Quantitative modeling and technology driven departmental course scheduling," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 327-346, June.
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    10. M G Nicholls, 2007. "A small-to-medium-sized conference scheduling heuristic incorporating presenter and limited attendee preferences," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 58(3), pages 301-308, March.
    11. Schirmer, Andreas & Potzahr, Kathrin, 2001. "Lehrgangsplanung für die Ausbildung von Verkehrsflugzeugführern: Ergebnisse einer Studie bei Lufthansa Flight Training," Manuskripte aus den Instituten für Betriebswirtschaftslehre der Universität Kiel 538, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre.
    12. Haase, Knut & Latteier, Jorg & Schirmer, Andreas, 1998. "The course scheduling problem at Lufthansa Technical Training," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 110(3), pages 441-456, November.
    13. Haase, Knut & Latteier, Jörg & Schirmer, Andreas, 1997. "The course scheduling problem at Lufthansa Technical Training," Manuskripte aus den Instituten für Betriebswirtschaftslehre der Universität Kiel 441, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre.
    14. Leo Lopes & Meredith Aronson & Gary Carstensen & Cole Smith, 2008. "Optimization Support for Senior Design Project Assignments," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 38(6), pages 448-464, December.

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