Developing a Model for the University Course Timetabling Problem: A Case Study

Table 1

Comparison of selected papers with the proposed approach.

Reference number

Type of formulation

Objective function(s)

Solution approach

Case study

Integer programming

Mixed-integer programming

Max

Min

Assigning courses

Classroom usage

Preferences of instructor

Classroom surplus capacity

Travel time

Movements between classrooms

Preferences violation

Timetable disruption

Teaching time

[4]

Gurobi IP solver

[5]

CPLEX software

[10]

Augmented ε -constraint method

[14]

Gurobi IP solver

[18]

LINGO software

[19]

Greedy algorithm

Present research

Epsilon-constraint method