TY  - JOUR
T1  - Designing and Implementation a Web-Based Architecture for an
Examination Timetabling System
AU - Jabbar, Waleed Khalid Abdul AU - Abdul-Rahman, Syariza AU - Benjamin, Aida Mauziah AU - Omar, Mohd Faizal AU - Ramli, Razamin AU - Ku-Mahamud, Ku-Ruhana 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 23
SP  - 7299
EP  - 7305
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2017.7299.7305
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2017.7299.7305
KW  - Examination timetabling
KW  -timetabling system
KW  -system architecture
KW  -graphical user interface
KW  -approach
KW  -during
AB  - In this study, we describe the design and implementation of a multi-objective examination timetabling
system for the Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM). As practice by most of the academic institutions, an
examination timetable must be generated before the students sit for an examination. During the examination
timetable generation, the assignment of the enrolled students of the offered courses to different timeslots and
rooms should be considered in order to avoid clashes. At the same time, clashes of lecturers are also considered
in this study since lecturer’s attendance to the examination hall for the UUM case is compulsory for observing
the progression of the examination. These requirements reflect the quality of the generated timetable. The aim
of the developed system is to produce a conflict-free timetable while maximizing the satisfaction of preferences
by students and lecturers. In addition of the automatic generation of the examination timetable, this study also
emphasizes on the Graphical User Interface (GUI) of the system that enables the user to participate in the input,
construction and modification of a timetable. In the construction and modification phase, the GUI enables the
user to directly assign or reassign courses to timeslots which is guided by heuristics. The results of the
examination timetabling system were compared with the current timetable that was manually constructed and
shows improvement in terms of its duration, quality and flexibility. The proposed system has simplified the
activity of generating examination timetables since manual approach was considered during timetable
generation.
ER  -