Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume 1408
(ISSN 0302-9743 / ISBN 3 540 64979 4)

The Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling II
Edmund K Burke and Michael W Carter (editors)

This is a list of selected papers. A full list of papers is also available.
The complete book is also available online from Springer-Verlag.

Contents:

Surveys
Recent Developments in Practical Course Timetabling
M.W.Carter and G.Laporte
3
Space Allocation: An Analysis of Higher Education Requirements
E.K.Burke and D. Varley
20
Tabu Search and Simulated Annealing
Off the Peg or Made to Measure
K.A. Dowsland
37
Generalised Assignment-Type Problems
J. Ferland
53
An Examination Scheduling Model to Maximize Students' Study Time
B. Bullnheimer
78
A Comparison of Annealing Techniques for Academic Course Scheduling
S. Elmohamed, P. Coddington and G. Fox
92
Evolutionary Methods
Some Observations about GA based Timetabling
P. Ross, E. Hart and D. Corne
115
Experiments on Networks of Employee Timetabling Problems
A. Meisels and N. Lusternik
130
Evolutionary Optimisation of Methodist Preaching Timetables
D. Corne and Revd J. Ogden
142
Improving a Lecture Timetabling System for University-Wide Use
B. Paechter, R.C. Rankin and A. Cumming
156
Constraint Based Methods
A Constraint-based Approach from Examination Timetabling using Local Repair Techniques
P. David
169
Generating Complete University Timetables by Combining Tabu Search with Constraint Logic
G.M. White and J. Zhang
187
Graph Theory
Construction of Basic Match Schedules (BMS) for Sport Competitions Based on 2-factors
A. van Weert and J. A.M. Schreuder
201
Practical Issues
A Standard Data Format for Timetabling instances
E.K. Burke, J. Kingston and P.A. Pepper
215
Academic Scheduling and Resource Utilization
J. Blakesley
225
The Implemetation of a Central Timetabling System in a large Civic University
B. McCollum
239
A Brute Force and Heuristics Approach to Tertiary Timetabling
T. Nepal,S.W. Melville and M.I. Ally
256