TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Decision Support System for the University Timetabling Problem with Instructor Preferences
AU - , Yavuz Gunalay AU - , Tuna Sahin 
JO  - Asian Journal of Information Technology
VL  - 5
IS  - 12
SP  - 1479
EP  - 1484
PY  - 2006
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1682-3915
DO  - ajit.2006.1479.1484
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ajit.2006.1479.1484
KW  - Timetabling
KW  -instructor preferences
KW  -goal programming
KW  -DSS
AB  - This study describes a decision support system for the university timetabling problem with instructor preferences, which uses Goal Programming (GP) as its modeling engine. The timetabling problem has been studied by many researchers and is an NP-complete problem. We model this difficult problem as a GP formulation and use its outputs in the decision support system. The GP model helps the user to consider the objectives of different parties involved in the problem. However, this increases the computational time of the model. Therefore, an iterative decision support system is proposed for generating the best scheduling alternative. Our model is tested using data from the Turkish Military Academy and its results are discussed.
ER  -