2. PATAT 1997: Toronto, Canada

Edmund K. Burke, Michael W. Carter (Eds.): Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling II, Second International Conference, PATAT'97, Toronto, Canada, August 20-22, 1997, Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1408 Springer 1998, ISBN 3-540-64979-4

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Surveys

Michael W. Carter, Gilbert Laporte:
Recent Developments in Practical Course Timetabling. 3-19
Edmund K. Burke, D. B. Varley:
Space Allocation: An Analysis of Higher Education Requirements. 20-36

Tabu Search and Simulated Annealing

Kathryn A. Dowsland:
Off-the-Peg or Made-to-Measure? Timetabling and Scheduling with SA and TS. 37-52
Jacques A. Ferland:
Generalized Assignment-Type Problems: A Powerful Modeling Scheme. 53-77
Bernd Bullnheimer:
An Examination Scheduling Model to Maximize Students' Study Time. 78-91
M. A. Saleh Elmohamed, Paul D. Coddington, Geoffrey Fox:
A Comparison of Annealing Techniques for Academic Course Scheduling. 92-114

Evolutionary Computation (Population Based Methods)

Peter Ross, Emma Hart, David Corne:
Some Observations about GA-Based Exam Timetabling. 115-129
Amnon Meisels, Natalia Lusternik:
Experiments on Networks of Employee Timetabling Problems. 130-141
David Corne, John Ogden:
Evolutionary Optimisation of Methodist Preaching Timetables. 142-155
Ben Paechter, R. C. Rankin, Andrew Cumming:
Improving a Lecture Timetabling System for University-Wide Use. 156-168

Constraint Based Methods

Philippe David:
A Constraint-Based Approach for Examination Timetabling Using Local Repair Techniques. 169-186
George M. White, Junhan Zhang:
Generating Complete University Timetables by Combining Tabu Search with Constraint Logic. 187-200

Graph Theory

Arjen van Weert, Jan A. M. Schreuder:
Construction of Basic Match Schedules for Sports Competitions by Using Graph Theory. 201-212

Practical Issues

Edmund K. Burke, Jeffrey H. Kingston, Paul A. Pepper:
A Standard Data Format for Timetabling Instances. 213-222
James F. Blakesley, Keith S. Murray, Frederick H. Wolf, Dagmar Murray:
Academic Scheduling. 223-236
Barry McCollum:
The Implementation of a Central Timetabling System in a Large British Civic University. 237-253
T. Nepal, S. W. Melville, M. I. Ally:
A Brute Forte and Heuristics Approach to Tertiary Timetabling. 254-268