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Obtaining quality business school examination timetable under heterogeneous elective selections through surrogacy

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  • T. Godwin

    (Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli)

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Business schools that follow an elective system allows a student to select required number of electives in a semester from a larger pool. The resulting heterogeneous elective selection combinations across students make it challenging to arrive at a quality examination timetable. An examination timetable is characterized by the day, the scheduled slot in the day and the classroom during the scheduled slot for each exam. Five quality metrics for examination timetable are developed and accordingly 0–1 linear integer programs formulated for each metric. Surrogacy as a concept is proposed through which a given problem is solved either through another objective function or through a subset of the problem or a combination of both. The resulting findings indicate the usefulness of the proposed mathematical programs and the developed solution approaches in achieving quality elective examination timetable.

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  • T. Godwin, 2022. "Obtaining quality business school examination timetable under heterogeneous elective selections through surrogacy," OPSEARCH, Springer;Operational Research Society of India, vol. 59(3), pages 1055-1093, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:opsear:v:59:y:2022:i:3:d:10.1007_s12597-022-00590-4
    DOI: 10.1007/s12597-022-00590-4
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