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Abstract

Course timetabling is an important branch of the general scheduling problem. The course timetabling problem as a step in the course planning process in universities is one of the challenges faced by managers in the field of education. The problem is defined as assigning university courses to specific periods throughout a week for a given semester while satisfying specific constraints. In this study, we present two novel binary integer linear programming models for the university timetabling problem. Using a GAMS IP Solver, several experiments through each model are solved and the results (the number of the decision variables and solution time) are compared and analyzed. The computational comparison indicates that the second model can be used for modeling large-scaled problems and has less computational and size complexity. Therefore, the second model is applied to optimal scheduling the courses planned for the faculty of administrative science and economics (ASE) at Isfahan University for one semester and the results consist of table of courses planned for teachers, students groups, rooms and workdays are presented

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بهداد، محمد، دهقانی، تکتم، ذاکر تم یی، مهناز ) 4189 (م رویکردی نامی در زماان بنادی
درس ها ی دانشگاه با استفاده از الگامریتم ژنتصاکم دوازدهماص کنفاران باص المللای انهما
کامیصمتر ایران دانشگاه شهصد بهشتی، دانشکده مهندسی برق و کامیصمتر ،تهران، ایرانم
جاامدکی، مهصااد، منتظااری، محماادعلی، ممساامی، سااصد رساامل ) 4151 (م بررساای مساااله
زمان بندی درسی دانشاگاهی باا اساتفاده از ترکصاب الگامریتم ممتصاک بهبمدیافتاه و الگامریتم
سردشدن شبصه سازی شدهم مهندسی برق و مهندسی کامیصمتر ایران، دوره 5، شاماره 1، صا م
452 212 م -
خاتمی فصروز آبادی،ع، رحصمی مزرعه شااهی،م ، محتشامی،ع ) 4189 (م مادل ساازی مسا اله
زمان بندی دوره های تحصصلی در یک ممسسه آممزشی کمچکم مطالعاات مادیریت صانعتی
شماره 41 ، ص 91 25 م -
سلصمی فرد، خداکرم، بابایی زاده، سلمان ) 4151 (م یک سصستم پشتصبانی تصمصم بارای زماان
بندی کلاسهای دانشگاهم مدیریت فناوری اطلاعات، دوره 1، شماره 1، ص 11 55 م -
منهمی، سصد امصر حسص ، مسعمدیان، سملماز، استکی، افسانه، نعمت بخش، ناصار ) 4188 (م
طراحی جدول زمان بندی خمدکار برای درس ها دانشگاهی با استفاده از الگمریتم های ژنتصکم
فناوری آممزش، دوره 1، شماره 2، ص 441 421 م -
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