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Title: |
Granular Modelling Of Exam To Slot
Allocation |
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Authors: |
Siti Khatijah Nor Abdul Rahim,
Andrzej Bargiela, Rong Qu |
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Published in:
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(2009).ECMS
2009 Proceedings edited by J. Otamendi, A. Bargiela, J. L. Montes, L. M. Doncel
Pedrera. European Council for Modeling and
Simulation. doi:10.7148/2009 ISBN: 978-0-9553018-8-9 23rd
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Madrid, June
9-12, 2009 |
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Citation
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Rahim, S. K. N. A., Bargiela,
A., & Qu, R. (2009). Granular Modelling Of Exam To Slot Allocation. ECMS 2009
Proceedings edited by J. Otamendi, A. Bargiela, J. L. Montes, L. M. Doncel Pedrera (pp.
861-866). European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2009-0861-0866 |
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DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2009-0861-0866 |
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Abstract: |
In this paper, we are introducing
a new method of granular exam-to-slot allocation based on the pre- processing
of the basic student-exam information into a more abstract (granulated)
entity of conflict chains. Since the conflict chains are designed to capture
the mutual dependencies between exams, they enable us to reason about the
exam-to-slot allocation for all exams in a chain rather than just one exam
at-a-time. The initial exam-to-slot allocation, generated
through the processing of conflict chains, is then refined by considering the
spread of the exams in the examination session so as to minimize the
appropriately defined cost function. The granular pre-processing of
problem data has been shown to enhance the efficiency of the exam scheduling task and has led to the identification of
very competitive exam schedules. |
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