Search dblp for Publications

export results for "exam timetabling"

 download as .bib file

@article{DBLP:journals/access/NandRCS24,
  author       = {Ravneil Nand and
                  Emmenual Reddy and
                  Kaylash Chaudhary and
                  Bibhya Sharma},
  title        = {Preference-Based Stepping Ahead Firefly Algorithm for Solving Real-World
                  Uncapacitated Examination Timetabling Problem},
  journal      = {{IEEE} Access},
  volume       = {12},
  pages        = {24685--24699},
  year         = {2024}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/access/SiewSGKSA24,
  author       = {Emily Sing Kiang Siew and
                  San{-}Nah Sze and
                  Say Leng Goh and
                  Graham Kendall and
                  Nasser R. Sabar and
                  Salwani Abdullah},
  title        = {A Survey of Solution Methodologies for Exam Timetabling Problems},
  journal      = {{IEEE} Access},
  volume       = {12},
  pages        = {41479--41498},
  year         = {2024}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/scheduling/CarlssonCGMSS23,
  author       = {Mats Carlsson and
                  Sara Ceschia and
                  Luca Di Gaspero and
                  Rasmus {\O}. Mikkelsen and
                  Andrea Schaerf and
                  Thomas Jacob Riis Stidsen},
  title        = {Exact and metaheuristic methods for a real-world examination timetabling
                  problem},
  journal      = {J. Sched.},
  volume       = {26},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {353--367},
  year         = {2023}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/icccnt/RashidovaR23,
  author       = {Fatme Rashidova and
                  Aldeniz Rashidov},
  title        = {A mathematical model for compiling an optimal examination timetabling
                  in a higher education institution},
  booktitle    = {{ICCCNT}},
  pages        = {1--6},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2023}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/icccnt/RashidovaR23a,
  author       = {Fatme Rashidova and
                  Aldeniz Rashidov},
  title        = {Algorithm for compiling an examination timetabling at a higher education
                  institutions},
  booktitle    = {{ICCCNT}},
  pages        = {1--5},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2023}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/corr/abs-2306-00534,
  author       = {Ayse Aslan},
  title        = {Some Experiences with Hybrid Genetic Algorithms in Solving the Uncapacitated
                  Examination Timetabling Problem},
  journal      = {CoRR},
  volume       = {abs/2306.00534},
  year         = {2023}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/corr/abs-2311-17766,
  author       = {Bernd Bassimir and
                  Rolf Wanka},
  title        = {Robustness Approaches for the Examination Timetabling Problem under
                  Data Uncertainty},
  journal      = {CoRR},
  volume       = {abs/2311.17766},
  year         = {2023}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/jksucis/AldeebANAAHA22,
  author       = {Bashar A. Aldeeb and
                  Mohammed Azmi Al{-}Betar and
                  Norita Md Norwawi and
                  Khalid Adnan Alissa and
                  Mutasem K. Alsmadi and
                  Ayman A. Hazaymeh and
                  Malek Alzaqebah},
  title        = {Hybrid intelligent water Drops algorithm for examination timetabling
                  problem},
  journal      = {J. King Saud Univ. Comput. Inf. Sci.},
  volume       = {34},
  number       = {8 Part {A}},
  pages        = {4847--4859},
  year         = {2022}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/peerj-cs/NandSC22,
  author       = {Ravneil Nand and
                  Bibhya Sharma and
                  Kaylash Chaudhary},
  title        = {An introduction of preference based stepping ahead firefly algorithm
                  for the uncapacitated examination timetabling},
  journal      = {PeerJ Comput. Sci.},
  volume       = {8},
  pages        = {e1068},
  year         = {2022}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/icaisc/RajahP22,
  author       = {Christopher Rajah and
                  Nelishia Pillay},
  title        = {An Improved Structure-Based Partial Solution Search for the Examination
                  Timetabling Problem},
  booktitle    = {{ICAISC} {(2)}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {13589},
  pages        = {314--326},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2022}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/tale/0001ZC22,
  author       = {Yue Liu and
                  Liangyuan Zhou and
                  Laurie G. Cuthbert},
  title        = {Re-sit Exam Timetabling System using a Tailored Genetic Algorithm},
  booktitle    = {{TALE}},
  pages        = {1--4},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2022}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/cor/BellioCGS21,
  author       = {Ruggero Bellio and
                  Sara Ceschia and
                  Luca Di Gaspero and
                  Andrea Schaerf},
  title        = {Two-stage multi-neighborhood simulated annealing for uncapacitated
                  examination timetabling},
  journal      = {Comput. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {132},
  pages        = {105300},
  year         = {2021}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/eswa/GulerGKB21,
  author       = {Mehmet G{\"{u}}ray G{\"{u}}ler and
                  Ebru Ge{\c{c}}ici and
                  Tug{\c{c}}e K{\"{o}}roglu and
                  Emre Becit},
  title        = {A web-based decision support system for examination timetabling},
  journal      = {Expert Syst. Appl.},
  volume       = {183},
  pages        = {115363},
  year         = {2021}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/ijet/NgoJANB21,
  author       = {Son Tung Ngo and
                  Jafreezal Jaafar and
                  Izzatdin Abdul Aziz and
                  Giang Hoang Nguyen and
                  Anh Ngoc Bui},
  title        = {Genetic Algorithm for Solving Multi-Objective Optimization in Examination
                  Timetabling Problem},
  journal      = {Int. J. Emerg. Technol. Learn.},
  volume       = {16},
  number       = {11},
  year         = {2021}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/jaihc/Al-Betar21,
  author       = {Mohammed Azmi Al{-}Betar},
  title        = {A {\(\beta\)}-hill climbing optimizer for examination timetabling
                  problem},
  journal      = {J. Ambient Intell. Humaniz. Comput.},
  volume       = {12},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {653--666},
  year         = {2021}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/broadnets/ZhuLL21,
  author       = {Kaixiang Zhu and
                  Lily D. Li and
                  Michael M. Li},
  title        = {Developing an Online Examination Timetabling System Using Artificial
                  Bee Colony Algorithm in Higher Education},
  booktitle    = {{BROADNETS}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics
                  and Telecommunications Engineering},
  volume       = {413},
  pages        = {112--131},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2021}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/seeda/GogosDNV21,
  author       = {Christos Gogos and
                  Angelos Dimitsas and
                  Vasileios Nastos and
                  Christos Valouxis},
  title        = {Some insights about the Uncapacitated Examination Timetabling Problem},
  booktitle    = {{SEEDA-CECNSM}},
  pages        = {1--7},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2021}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/computation/MandalKK20,
  author       = {Ashis Kumar Mandal and
                  Mohd Nizam Mohmad Kahar and
                  Graham Kendall},
  title        = {Addressing Examination Timetabling Problem Using a Partial Exams Approach
                  in Constructive and Improvement},
  journal      = {Comput.},
  volume       = {8},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {46},
  year         = {2020}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/elektrik/GulerG20,
  author       = {Mehmet G{\"{u}}ray G{\"{u}}ler and
                  Ebru Ge{\c{c}}ici},
  title        = {A spreadsheet-based decision support system for examination timetabling},
  journal      = {Turkish J. Electr. Eng. Comput. Sci.},
  volume       = {28},
  number       = {3},
  pages        = {1584--1598},
  year         = {2020}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/itor/Al-HawariAAA20,
  author       = {Feras Al{-}Hawari and
                  Mahmoud Al{-}Ashi and
                  Fares Abawi and
                  Sahel Alouneh},
  title        = {A practical three-phase {ILP} approach for solving the examination
                  timetabling problem},
  journal      = {Int. Trans. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {27},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {924--944},
  year         = {2020}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/jikm/AlomariAMZ20,
  author       = {Khaled Alomari and
                  Osama Almarashdi and
                  Ala Marashdh and
                  Belal Zaqaibeh},
  title        = {A New Optimization on Harmony Search Algorithm for Exam Timetabling
                  System},
  journal      = {J. Inf. Knowl. Manag.},
  volume       = {19},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {2040009:1--2040009:13},
  year         = {2020}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cp/GencO20,
  author       = {Begum Genc and
                  Barry O'Sullivan},
  title        = {A Two-Phase Constraint Programming Model for Examination Timetabling
                  at University College Cork},
  booktitle    = {{CP}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {12333},
  pages        = {724--742},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2020}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cpaior/BattistuttaCCGS20,
  author       = {Michele Battistutta and
                  Sara Ceschia and
                  Fabio De Cesco and
                  Luca Di Gaspero and
                  Andrea Schaerf and
                  Elena Topan},
  title        = {Local Search and Constraint Programming for a Real-World Examination
                  Timetabling Problem},
  booktitle    = {{CPAIOR}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {12296},
  pages        = {69--81},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2020}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/corr/abs-2002-03102,
  author       = {Anuraganand Sharma},
  title        = {A Constraint Driven Solution Model for Discrete Domains with a Case
                  Study of Exam Timetabling Problems},
  journal      = {CoRR},
  volume       = {abs/2002.03102},
  year         = {2020}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/candie/KasmMDK19,
  author       = {Omar Abou Kasm and
                  Baraa Mohandes and
                  Ali Diabat and
                  Sameh El Khatib},
  title        = {Exam timetabling with allowable conflicts within a time window},
  journal      = {Comput. Ind. Eng.},
  volume       = {127},
  pages        = {263--273},
  year         = {2019}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/cor/ArbaouiBM19,
  author       = {Taha Arbaoui and
                  Jean{-}Paul Boufflet and
                  Aziz Moukrim},
  title        = {Lower bounds and compact mathematical formulations for spacing soft
                  constraints for university examination timetabling problems},
  journal      = {Comput. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {106},
  pages        = {133--142},
  year         = {2019}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/eswa/LeiteMR19,
  author       = {Nuno Leite and
                  Fernando Mel{\'{\i}}cio and
                  Agostinho C. Rosa},
  title        = {A fast simulated annealing algorithm for the examination timetabling
                  problem},
  journal      = {Expert Syst. Appl.},
  volume       = {122},
  pages        = {137--151},
  year         = {2019}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cec/RajahP19,
  author       = {Christopher Rajah and
                  Nelishia Pillay},
  title        = {A Structure-Based Partial Solution Search for the Examination Timetabling
                  Problem},
  booktitle    = {{CEC}},
  pages        = {81--86},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2019}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ssci/AlsuwaylimiF19,
  author       = {Amjad A. Alsuwaylimi and
                  Jonathan E. Fieldsend},
  title        = {A New Initialisation Method for Examination Timetabling Heuristics},
  booktitle    = {{SSCI}},
  pages        = {1636--1643},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2019}
}
@phdthesis{DBLP:phd/ethos/Han18a,
  author       = {Kehan Han},
  title        = {Using reinforcement learning in solving exam timetabling problems},
  school       = {Queen's University Belfast, {UK}},
  year         = {2018}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/cor/LeiteFMR18,
  author       = {Nuno Leite and
                  Carlos M. Fernandes and
                  Fernando Melicio and
                  Agostinho C. Rosa},
  title        = {A cellular memetic algorithm for the examination timetabling problem},
  journal      = {Comput. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {94},
  pages        = {118--138},
  year         = {2018}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/soco/LeiSY18,
  author       = {Yu Lei and
                  Jiao Shi and
                  Zhen Yan},
  title        = {A memetic algorithm based on {MOEA/D} for the examination timetabling
                  problem},
  journal      = {Soft Comput.},
  volume       = {22},
  number       = {5},
  pages        = {1511--1523},
  year         = {2018}
}
@phdthesis{DBLP:phd/ethos/Muklason17,
  author       = {Ahmad Muklason},
  title        = {Hyper-heuristics and fairness in examination timetabling problems},
  school       = {University of Nottingham, {UK}},
  year         = {2017}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/anor/BattistuttaSU17,
  author       = {Michele Battistutta and
                  Andrea Schaerf and
                  Tommaso Urli},
  title        = {Feature-based tuning of single-stage simulated annealing for examination
                  timetabling},
  journal      = {Ann. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {252},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {239--254},
  year         = {2017}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/anor/CataldoFMRS17,
  author       = {Alejandro Cataldo and
                  Juan{-}Carlos Ferrer and
                  Jaime Miranda and
                  Pablo A. Rey and
                  Antoine Saur{\'{e}}},
  title        = {An integer programming approach to curriculum-based examination timetabling},
  journal      = {Ann. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {258},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {369--393},
  year         = {2017}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/asc/MuklasonPOMM17,
  author       = {Ahmad Muklason and
                  Andrew J. Parkes and
                  Ender {\"{O}}zcan and
                  Barry McCollum and
                  Paul McMullan},
  title        = {Fairness in examination timetabling: Student preferences and extended
                  formulations},
  journal      = {Appl. Soft Comput.},
  volume       = {55},
  pages        = {302--318},
  year         = {2017}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/ijbic/LeiGJSZ17,
  author       = {Yu Lei and
                  Maoguo Gong and
                  Licheng Jiao and
                  Jiao Shi and
                  Yu Zhou},
  title        = {An adaptive coevolutionary memetic algorithm for examination timetabling
                  problems},
  journal      = {Int. J. Bio Inspired Comput.},
  volume       = {10},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {248--257},
  year         = {2017}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/cor/AmaralP16,
  author       = {Paula Amaral and
                  Tiago Cardal Pais},
  title        = {Compromise ratio with weighting functions in a Tabu Search multi-criteria
                  approach to examination timetabling},
  journal      = {Comput. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {72},
  pages        = {160--174},
  year         = {2016}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/eor/WoumansBBC16,
  author       = {Gert Woumans and
                  Liesje De Boeck and
                  Jeroen Beli{\"{e}}n and
                  Stefan Creemers},
  title        = {A column generation approach for solving the examination-timetabling
                  problem},
  journal      = {Eur. J. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {253},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {178--194},
  year         = {2016}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/ijbic/Pillay16,
  author       = {Nelishia Pillay},
  title        = {Incorporating chaos into the developmental approach for solving the
                  examination timetabling problem},
  journal      = {Int. J. Bio Inspired Comput.},
  volume       = {8},
  number       = {6},
  pages        = {355--366},
  year         = {2016}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/ijcia/HmerM16,
  author       = {Ali Hmer and
                  Malek Mouhoub},
  title        = {A Multi-Phase Hybrid Metaheuristics Approach for the Exam Timetabling},
  journal      = {Int. J. Comput. Intell. Appl.},
  volume       = {15},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {1650023:1--1650023:22},
  year         = {2016}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/ijfs/CavdurK16,
  author       = {Fatih {\c{C}}avdur and
                  Merve Kose},
  title        = {A Fuzzy Logic and Binary-Goal Programming-Based Approach for Solving
                  the Exam Timetabling Problem to Create a Balanced-Exam Schedule},
  journal      = {Int. J. Fuzzy Syst.},
  volume       = {18},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {119--129},
  year         = {2016}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/informs/BurkeB16,
  author       = {Edmund K. Burke and
                  Yuri Bykov},
  title        = {An Adaptive Flex-Deluge Approach to University Exam Timetabling},
  journal      = {{INFORMS} J. Comput.},
  volume       = {28},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {781--794},
  year         = {2016}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/scheduling/BykovP16,
  author       = {Yuri Bykov and
                  Sanja Petrovic},
  title        = {A Step Counting Hill Climbing Algorithm applied to University Examination
                  Timetabling},
  journal      = {J. Sched.},
  volume       = {19},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {479--492},
  year         = {2016}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/scheduling/Muller16,
  author       = {Tom{\'{a}}s M{\"{u}}ller},
  title        = {Real-life examination timetabling},
  journal      = {J. Sched.},
  volume       = {19},
  number       = {3},
  pages        = {257--270},
  year         = {2016}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/bic-ta/LeiSZ16,
  author       = {Yu Lei and
                  Jiao Shi and
                  Kun Zhang},
  title        = {A Diversity Keeping Strategy for the Multi-objective Examination Timetabling
                  Problem},
  booktitle    = {{BIC-TA} {(2)}},
  series       = {Communications in Computer and Information Science},
  volume       = {682},
  pages        = {310--315},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2016}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ssci/KluverK16,
  author       = {Christina Kl{\"{u}}ver and
                  J{\"{u}}rgen Kl{\"{u}}ver},
  title        = {A regulatory algorithm {(RGA)} for optimizing examination timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{SSCI}},
  pages        = {1--8},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2016}
}
@phdthesis{DBLP:phd/ethos/AbdulRahim15,
  author       = {Siti Khatijah Nor Abdul Rahim},
  title        = {Transformation of the university examination timetabling problem space
                  through data pre-processing},
  school       = {University of Nottingham, {UK}},
  year         = {2015}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/air/Marie-Sainte15,
  author       = {Souad Larabi Marie{-}Sainte},
  title        = {A survey of Particle Swarm Optimization techniques for solving university
                  Examination Timetabling Problem},
  journal      = {Artif. Intell. Rev.},
  volume       = {44},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {537--546},
  year         = {2015}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/anor/ArbaouiBM15,
  author       = {Taha Arbaoui and
                  Jean{-}Paul Boufflet and
                  Aziz Moukrim},
  title        = {Preprocessing and an improved {MIP} model for examination timetabling},
  journal      = {Ann. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {229},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {19--40},
  year         = {2015}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/apin/QuPBK15,
  author       = {Rong Qu and
                  Nam Pham and
                  Ruibin Bai and
                  Graham Kendall},
  title        = {Hybridising heuristics within an estimation distribution algorithm
                  for examination timetabling},
  journal      = {Appl. Intell.},
  volume       = {42},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {679--693},
  year         = {2015}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/cor/AlzaqebahA15,
  author       = {Malek Alzaqebah and
                  Salwani Abdullah},
  title        = {Hybrid bee colony optimization for examination timetabling problems},
  journal      = {Comput. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {54},
  pages        = {142--154},
  year         = {2015}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/eor/LiBSQ15,
  author       = {Jingpeng Li and
                  Ruibin Bai and
                  Yindong Shen and
                  Rong Qu},
  title        = {Search with evolutionary ruin and stochastic rebuild: {A} theoretic
                  framework and a case study on exam timetabling},
  journal      = {Eur. J. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {242},
  number       = {3},
  pages        = {798--806},
  year         = {2015}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/ijicc/LeiGJZ15,
  author       = {Yu Lei and
                  Maoguo Gong and
                  Licheng Jiao and
                  Yi Zuo},
  title        = {A memetic algorithm based on hyper-heuristics for examination timetabling
                  problems},
  journal      = {Int. J. Intell. Comput. Cybern.},
  volume       = {8},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {139--151},
  year         = {2015}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/jois/BolajiKAA15,
  author       = {Asaju La'aro Bolaji and
                  Ahamad Tajudin Abdul Khader and
                  Mohammed Azmi Al{-}Betar and
                  Mohammed A. Awadallah},
  title        = {A Hybrid Nature-Inspired Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm for Uncapacitated
                  Examination Timetabling Problems},
  journal      = {J. Intell. Syst.},
  volume       = {24},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {37--54},
  year         = {2015}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/jors/KaharK15,
  author       = {Mohd Nizam Mohmad Kahar and
                  Graham Kendall},
  title        = {A great deluge algorithm for a real-world examination timetabling
                  problem},
  journal      = {J. Oper. Res. Soc.},
  volume       = {66},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {116--133},
  year         = {2015}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/algorithms/KoloniasGGAH14,
  author       = {Vasileios Kolonias and
                  George Goulas and
                  Christos Gogos and
                  Panayiotis Alefragis and
                  Efthymios Housos},
  title        = {Solving the Examination Timetabling Problem in GPUs},
  journal      = {Algorithms},
  volume       = {7},
  number       = {3},
  pages        = {295--327},
  year         = {2014}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/anor/Al-BetarKD14,
  author       = {Mohammed Azmi Al{-}Betar and
                  Ahamad Tajudin Khader and
                  Iyad Abu Doush},
  title        = {Memetic techniques for examination timetabling},
  journal      = {Ann. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {218},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {23--50},
  year         = {2014}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/anor/RahmanBBMO14,
  author       = {Syariza Abdul Rahman and
                  Edmund K. Burke and
                  Andrzej Bargiela and
                  Barry McCollum and
                  Ender {\"{O}}zcan},
  title        = {A constructive approach to examination timetabling based on adaptive
                  decomposition and ordering},
  journal      = {Ann. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {218},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {3--21},
  year         = {2014}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/jors/KaharK14,
  author       = {Mohd Nizam Mohmad Kahar and
                  Graham Kendall},
  title        = {Universiti Malaysia Pahang examination timetabling problem: scheduling
                  invigilators},
  journal      = {J. Oper. Res. Soc.},
  volume       = {65},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {214--226},
  year         = {2014}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/scheduling/AlzaqebahA14,
  author       = {Malek Alzaqebah and
                  Salwani Abdullah},
  title        = {An adaptive artificial bee colony and late-acceptance hill-climbing
                  algorithm for examination timetabling},
  journal      = {J. Sched.},
  volume       = {17},
  number       = {3},
  pages        = {249--262},
  year         = {2014}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/icsi/AnwarKAA14,
  author       = {Khairul Anwar and
                  Ahamad Tajudin Khader and
                  Mohammed Azmi Al{-}Betar and
                  Mohammed A. Awadallah},
  title        = {Development on Harmony Search Hyper-heuristic Framework for Examination
                  Timetabling Problem},
  booktitle    = {{ICSI} {(2)}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {8795},
  pages        = {87--95},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2014}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ijcci/LeiteMR14,
  author       = {Nuno Leite and
                  Fernando Melicio and
                  Agostinho C. Rosa},
  title        = {A Shuffled Complex Evolution Based Algorithm for Examination Timetabling
                  - Benchmarks and a New Problem Focusing Two Epochs},
  booktitle    = {{IJCCI} {(ECTA)}},
  pages        = {112--124},
  publisher    = {SciTePress},
  year         = {2014}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ijcci/LeiteMR14a,
  author       = {Nuno Leite and
                  Fernando Mel{\'{\i}}cio and
                  Agostinho C. Rosa},
  title        = {A Shuffled Complex Evolution Algorithm for the Examination Timetabling
                  Problem},
  booktitle    = {{IJCCI} (Selected Papers)},
  series       = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume       = {620},
  pages        = {151--168},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2014}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/semcco/AldeebNAJ14,
  author       = {Bashar A. Aldeeb and
                  Norita Md Norwawi and
                  Mohammed Azmi Al{-}Betar and
                  Mohd Zalisham Bin Jali},
  title        = {Solving University Examination Timetabling Problem Using Intelligent
                  Water Drops Algorithm},
  booktitle    = {{SEMCCO}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {8947},
  pages        = {187--200},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2014}
}
@phdthesis{DBLP:phd/ethos/MohmadKahar13,
  author       = {Mohd Nizam Mohmad Kahar},
  title        = {Heuristic approaches for real world examination timetabling problems},
  school       = {University of Nottingham, {UK}},
  year         = {2013}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/asc/AbdullahA13,
  author       = {Salwani Abdullah and
                  Malek Alzaqebah},
  title        = {A hybrid self-adaptive bees algorithm for examination timetabling
                  problems},
  journal      = {Appl. Soft Comput.},
  volume       = {13},
  number       = {8},
  pages        = {3608--3620},
  year         = {2013}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/icores/RahimBQ13,
  author       = {Siti Khatijah Nor Abdul Rahim and
                  Andrzej Bargiela and
                  Rong Qu},
  title        = {Hill Climbing versus Genetic Algorithm Optimization in Solving the
                  Examination Timetabling Problem},
  booktitle    = {{ICORES}},
  pages        = {43--52},
  publisher    = {SciTePress},
  year         = {2013}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ijcci/LeiteMR13,
  author       = {Nuno Leite and
                  Fernando Melicio and
                  Agostinho C. Rosa},
  title        = {Solving the Examination Timetabling Problem with the Shuffled Frog-leaping
                  Algorithm},
  booktitle    = {{IJCCI}},
  pages        = {175--180},
  publisher    = {SciTePress},
  year         = {2013}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/socs/ArbaouiBM13,
  author       = {Taha Arbaoui and
                  Jean{-}Paul Boufflet and
                  Aziz Moukrim},
  title        = {An Analysis Framework for Examination Timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{SOCS}},
  pages        = {11--19},
  publisher    = {{AAAI} Press},
  year         = {2013}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/anor/BurkeKMO12,
  author       = {Edmund K. Burke and
                  Graham Kendall and
                  Mustafa Misir and
                  Ender {\"{O}}zcan},
  title        = {Monte Carlo hyper-heuristics for examination timetabling},
  journal      = {Ann. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {196},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {73--90},
  year         = {2012}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/anor/BurkePQY12,
  author       = {Edmund K. Burke and
                  Nam Pham and
                  Rong Qu and
                  Jay Yellen},
  title        = {Linear combinations of heuristics for examination timetabling},
  journal      = {Ann. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {194},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {89--109},
  year         = {2012}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/anor/GogosAH12,
  author       = {Christos Gogos and
                  Panayiotis Alefragis and
                  Efthymios Housos},
  title        = {An improved multi-staged algorithmic process for the solution of the
                  examination timetabling problem},
  journal      = {Ann. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {194},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {203--221},
  year         = {2012}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/anor/McCollumMPBQ12,
  author       = {Barry McCollum and
                  Paul McMullan and
                  Andrew J. Parkes and
                  Edmund K. Burke and
                  Rong Qu},
  title        = {A new model for automated examination timetabling},
  journal      = {Ann. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {194},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {291--315},
  year         = {2012}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/anor/PaisA12,
  author       = {Tiago Cardal Pais and
                  Paula Amaral},
  title        = {Managing the tabu list length using a fuzzy inference system: an application
                  to examination timetabling},
  journal      = {Ann. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {194},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {341--363},
  year         = {2012}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/apin/SabarAQK12,
  author       = {Nasser R. Sabar and
                  Masri Ayob and
                  Rong Qu and
                  Graham Kendall},
  title        = {A graph coloring constructive hyper-heuristic for examination timetabling
                  problems},
  journal      = {Appl. Intell.},
  volume       = {37},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {1--11},
  year         = {2012}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/jors/Pillay12,
  author       = {Nelishia Pillay},
  title        = {Evolving hyper-heuristics for the uncapacitated examination timetabling
                  problem},
  journal      = {J. Oper. Res. Soc.},
  volume       = {63},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {47--58},
  year         = {2012}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/scheduling/DemeesterBCB12,
  author       = {Peter Demeester and
                  Burak Bilgin and
                  Patrick De Causmaecker and
                  Greet Vanden Berghe},
  title        = {A hyperheuristic approach to examination timetabling problems: benchmarks
                  and a new problem from practice},
  journal      = {J. Sched.},
  volume       = {15},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {83--103},
  year         = {2012}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/swevo/AhandaniVZG12,
  author       = {Morteza Alinia Ahandani and
                  Mohammad{-}Taghi Vakil{-}Baghmisheh and
                  Mohammad Ali Badamchizadeh and
                  Sehraneh Ghaemi},
  title        = {Hybrid particle swarm optimization transplanted into a hyper-heuristic
                  structure for solving examination timetabling problem},
  journal      = {Swarm Evol. Comput.},
  volume       = {7},
  pages        = {21--34},
  year         = {2012}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ecms/LiQS12,
  author       = {Jingpeng Li and
                  Rong Qu and
                  Yindong Shen},
  title        = {Evolutionary Ruin And Stochastic Recreate: {A} Case Study On The Exam
                  Timetabling Problem},
  booktitle    = {{ECMS}},
  pages        = {347--353},
  publisher    = {European Council for Modeling and Simulation},
  year         = {2012}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/iconip/ThomasKBK12,
  author       = {J. Joshua Thomas and
                  Ahamad Tajudin Abdul Khader and
                  Bahari Belaton and
                  Choy Chee Ken},
  title        = {Integrated Problem Solving Steering Framework on Clash Reconciliation
                  Strategies for University Examination Timetabling Problem},
  booktitle    = {{ICONIP} {(4)}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {7666},
  pages        = {297--304},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2012}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ijcci/LeiteNHMR12,
  author       = {Nuno Leite and
                  Rui Ferreira Neves and
                  Nuno Horta and
                  Fernando Melicio and
                  Agostinho C. Rosa},
  title        = {Solving an Uncapacitated Exam Timetabling Problem Instance using a
                  Hybrid {NSGA-II}},
  booktitle    = {{IJCCI}},
  pages        = {106--115},
  publisher    = {SciTePress},
  year         = {2012}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ijcci/LeiteNHMR12a,
  author       = {Nuno Leite and
                  Rui Ferreira Neves and
                  Nuno Horta and
                  Fernando Melicio and
                  Agostinho C. Rosa},
  title        = {Solving a Capacitated Exam Timetabling Problem Instance Using a Bi-objective
                  {NSGA-II}},
  booktitle    = {{IJCCI} (Selected Papers)},
  series       = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume       = {577},
  pages        = {115--129},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2012}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/corr/abs-1202-1891,
  author       = {Ei Shwe Sin and
                  Nang Saing Moon Kham},
  title        = {Hyper heuristic based on great deluge and its variants for exam timetabling
                  problem},
  journal      = {CoRR},
  volume       = {abs/1202.1891},
  year         = {2012}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/apin/MansourIG11,
  author       = {Nashat Mansour and
                  Vatche Isahakian and
                  Iman Ghalayini},
  title        = {Scatter search technique for exam timetabling},
  journal      = {Appl. Intell.},
  volume       = {34},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {299--310},
  year         = {2011}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/ijamc-igi/MansourH11,
  author       = {Nashat Mansour and
                  Ghia Sleiman Haidar},
  title        = {Parallel Scatter Search Algorithms for Exam Timetabling},
  journal      = {Int. J. Appl. Metaheuristic Comput.},
  volume       = {2},
  number       = {3},
  pages        = {27--44},
  year         = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ccis/Sin11,
  author       = {Ei Shwe Sin},
  title        = {Reinforcement learning with {EGD} based hyper heuristic system for
                  exam timetabling problem},
  booktitle    = {{CCIS}},
  pages        = {462--466},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cocoa/AlzaqebahA11,
  author       = {Malek Alzaqebah and
                  Salwani Abdullah},
  title        = {Hybrid Artificial Bee Colony Search Algorithm Based on Disruptive
                  Selection for Examination Timetabling Problems},
  booktitle    = {{COCOA}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {6831},
  pages        = {31--45},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ivic/ThomasKB11,
  author       = {J. Joshua Thomas and
                  Ahamad Tajudin Abdul Khader and
                  Bahari Belaton},
  title        = {A Parallel Coordinates Visualization for the Uncapaciated Examination
                  Timetabling Problem},
  booktitle    = {{IVIC} {(1)}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {7066},
  pages        = {87--98},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/lion/TurabiehA11,
  author       = {Hamza Turabieh and
                  Salwani Abdullah},
  title        = {A Hybrid Fish Swarm Optimisation Algorithm for Solving Examination
                  Timetabling Problems},
  booktitle    = {{LION}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {6683},
  pages        = {539--551},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/nicso/BurkeQS11,
  author       = {Edmund K. Burke and
                  Rong Qu and
                  Amr Soghier},
  title        = {An Adaptive Tie Breaking and Hybridisation Hyper-Heuristic for Exam
                  Timetabling Problems},
  booktitle    = {{NICSO}},
  series       = {Studies in Computational Intelligence},
  volume       = {387},
  pages        = {205--223},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2011}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/swarm/ThomasKBL11,
  author       = {J. Joshua Thomas and
                  Ahamad Tajudin Abdul Khader and
                  Bahari Belaton and
                  Amy Leow},
  title        = {Exploration of Rough Sets Analysis in Real-World Examination Timetabling
                  Problem Instances},
  booktitle    = {{ICSI} {(2)}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {6729},
  pages        = {173--182},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2011}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/anor/Mumford10,
  author       = {Christine L. Mumford},
  title        = {A multiobjective framework for heavily constrained examination timetabling
                  problems},
  journal      = {Ann. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {180},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {3--31},
  year         = {2010}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/arima/AbounacerBDA10,
  author       = {Rachida Abounacer and
                  Jaouad Boukachour and
                  Btissam Dkhissi and
                  Ahmed El Hilali Alaoui},
  title        = {A hybrid Ant Colony Algorithm for the exam timetabling problem},
  journal      = {{ARIMA} J.},
  volume       = {12},
  pages        = {2},
  year         = {2010}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/asc/PillayB10,
  author       = {Nelishia Pillay and
                  Wolfgang Banzhaf},
  title        = {An informed genetic algorithm for the examination timetabling problem},
  journal      = {Appl. Soft Comput.},
  volume       = {10},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {457--467},
  year         = {2010}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/cms/Al-YakoobSA10,
  author       = {Salem M. Al{-}Yakoob and
                  Hanif D. Sherali and
                  Mona Al{-}Jazzaf},
  title        = {A mixed-integer mathematical modeling approach to exam timetabling},
  journal      = {Comput. Manag. Sci.},
  volume       = {7},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {19},
  year         = {2010}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/eor/BurkeEMPQ10,
  author       = {Edmund K. Burke and
                  A. J. Eckersley and
                  Barry McCollum and
                  Sanja Petrovic and
                  Rong Qu},
  title        = {Hybrid variable neighbourhood approaches to university exam timetabling},
  journal      = {Eur. J. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {206},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {46--53},
  year         = {2010}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/eor/KaharK10,
  author       = {Mohd Nizam Mohmad Kahar and
                  Graham Kendall},
  title        = {The examination timetabling problem at Universiti Malaysia Pahang:
                  Comparison of a constructive heuristic with an existing software solution},
  journal      = {Eur. J. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {207},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {557--565},
  year         = {2010}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/ijact-aicit/ThomasKBL10,
  author       = {J. Joshua Thomas and
                  Ahamad Tajudin Abdul Khader and
                  Bahari Belaton and
                  Amy Leow},
  title        = {VIZSolution: An Interface Tool to Solve Real-world Examination Timetabling
                  Problem},
  journal      = {Int. J. Adv. Comp. Techn.},
  volume       = {2},
  number       = {5},
  pages        = {80--88},
  year         = {2010}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/ijaisc/HadjidjD10,
  author       = {Drifa Hadjidj and
                  Habiba Drias},
  title        = {Grasp and Guided Local Search for the examination timetabling problem},
  journal      = {Int. J. Artif. Intell. Soft Comput.},
  volume       = {2},
  number       = {1/2},
  pages        = {103--114},
  year         = {2010}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/ijamc-igi/OzcanMOB10,
  author       = {Ender {\"{O}}zcan and
                  Mustafa Misir and
                  Gabriela Ochoa and
                  Edmund K. Burke},
  title        = {A Reinforcement Learning - Great-Deluge Hyper-Heuristic for Examination
                  Timetabling},
  journal      = {Int. J. Appl. Metaheuristic Comput.},
  volume       = {1},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {39--59},
  year         = {2010}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/gecco/Al-BetarKN10,
  author       = {Mohammed Azmi Al{-}Betar and
                  Ahamad Tajudin Abdul Khader and
                  Farhad Nadi},
  title        = {Selection mechanisms in memory consideration for examination timetabling
                  with harmony search},
  booktitle    = {{GECCO}},
  pages        = {1203--1210},
  publisher    = {{ACM}},
  year         = {2010}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/icnc/MansourH10,
  author       = {Nashat Mansour and
                  Ghia Sleiman Haidar},
  title        = {Parallel metaheuristic algorithm for exam timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{ICNC}},
  pages        = {471--475},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2010}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/isda/MalikAH10,
  author       = {Ariff Md. Ab. Malik and
                  Masri Ayob and
                  Abdul Razak Hamdan},
  title        = {Stratified random sampling technique for integrated two-stage multi-neighbourhood
                  tabu search for examination timetabling problem},
  booktitle    = {{ISDA}},
  pages        = {1326--1331},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2010}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/rskt/AbdullahTMM10,
  author       = {Salwani Abdullah and
                  Hamza Turabieh and
                  Barry McCollum and
                  Paul McMullan},
  title        = {A Tabu-Based Memetic Approach for Examination Timetabling Problems},
  booktitle    = {{RSKT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {6401},
  pages        = {574--581},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2010}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/saicsit/Pillay10,
  author       = {Nelishia Pillay},
  title        = {An empirical study into the structure of heuristic combinations in
                  an evolutionary algorithm hyper-heuristic for the examination timetabling
                  problem},
  booktitle    = {{SAICSIT}},
  series       = {{ACM} International Conference Proceeding Series},
  pages        = {251--257},
  publisher    = {{ACM}},
  year         = {2010}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/eor/PillayB09,
  author       = {Nelishia Pillay and
                  Wolfgang Banzhaf},
  title        = {A study of heuristic combinations for hyper-heuristic systems for
                  the uncapacitated examination timetabling problem},
  journal      = {Eur. J. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {197},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {482--491},
  year         = {2009}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/eor/QuBM09,
  author       = {Rong Qu and
                  Edmund K. Burke and
                  Barry McCollum},
  title        = {Adaptive automated construction of hybrid heuristics for exam timetabling
                  and graph colouring problems},
  journal      = {Eur. J. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {198},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {392--404},
  year         = {2009}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/scheduling/CheongTV09,
  author       = {Chun Yew Cheong and
                  Kay Chen Tan and
                  Bharadwaj Veeravalli},
  title        = {A multi-objective evolutionary algorithm for examination timetabling},
  journal      = {J. Sched.},
  volume       = {12},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {121--146},
  year         = {2009}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/scheduling/QuBMML09,
  author       = {Rong Qu and
                  Edmund K. Burke and
                  Barry McCollum and
                  Liam T. G. Merlot and
                  S. Y. Lee},
  title        = {A survey of search methodologies and automated system development
                  for examination timetabling},
  journal      = {J. Sched.},
  volume       = {12},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {55--89},
  year         = {2009}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/IEEEcgiv/ThomasKB09,
  author       = {J. Joshua Thomas and
                  Ahamad Tajudin Abdul Khader and
                  Bahari Belaton},
  title        = {Visualization Techniques on the Examination Timetabling Pre-processing
                  Data},
  booktitle    = {{CGIV}},
  pages        = {454--458},
  publisher    = {{IEEE} Computer Society},
  year         = {2009}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cec/OzcanBBB09,
  author       = {Ender {\"{O}}zcan and
                  Yuri Bykov and
                  Murat Birben and
                  Edmund K. Burke},
  title        = {Examination timetabling using late acceptance hyper-heuristics},
  booktitle    = {{IEEE} Congress on Evolutionary Computation},
  pages        = {997--1004},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2009}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cisched/GogosGAH09,
  author       = {Christos Gogos and
                  George Goulas and
                  Panayiotis Alefragis and
                  Efthymios Housos},
  title        = {Pursuit of better results for the examination timetabling problem
                  using grid resources},
  booktitle    = {CISched},
  pages        = {48--53},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2009}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cisched/SabarAK09,
  author       = {Nasser R. Sabar and
                  Masri Ayob and
                  Graham Kendall},
  title        = {Tabu exponential Monte-Carlo with counter heuristic for examination
                  timetabling},
  booktitle    = {CISched},
  pages        = {90--94},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2009}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cocoa/SabarAKQ09,
  author       = {Nasser R. Sabar and
                  Masri Ayob and
                  Graham Kendall and
                  Rong Qu},
  title        = {Roulette Wheel Graph Colouring for Solving Examination Timetabling
                  Problems},
  booktitle    = {{COCOA}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {5573},
  pages        = {463--470},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2009}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/csie/ThomasKB09,
  author       = {J. Joshua Thomas and
                  Ahamad Tajudin Abdul Khader and
                  Bahari Belaton},
  title        = {Visualization of Preprocess Data in the Examination Timetabling Problem},
  booktitle    = {{CSIE} {(3)}},
  pages        = {264--268},
  publisher    = {{IEEE} Computer Society},
  year         = {2009}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/dmo/MalikAH09,
  author       = {Ariff Md. Ab. Malik and
                  Masri Binti Ayob and
                  Abdul Razak Hamdan},
  title        = {Iterated two-stage multi-neighbourhood tabu search approach for examination
                  timetabling problem},
  booktitle    = {{DMO}},
  pages        = {141--148},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2009}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/dmo/SabarA09,
  author       = {Nasser R. Sabar and
                  Masri Binti Ayob},
  title        = {Examination timetabling using scatter search hyper-heuristic},
  booktitle    = {{DMO}},
  pages        = {127--131},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2009}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/hm/AbdullahTM09,
  author       = {Salwani Abdullah and
                  Hamza Turabieh and
                  Barry McCollum},
  title        = {A Hybridization of Electromagnetic-Like Mechanism and Great Deluge
                  for Examination Timetabling Problems},
  booktitle    = {Hybrid Metaheuristics},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {5818},
  pages        = {60--72},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2009}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/iti/CuupicGJ09,
  author       = {M. Cuupic and
                  Marin Golub and
                  Domagoj Jakobovic},
  title        = {Exam timetabling using genetic algorithm},
  booktitle    = {{ITI}},
  pages        = {357--362},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2009}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/saicsit/Pillay09,
  author       = {Nelishia Pillay},
  title        = {The revised developmental approach to the uncapacitated examination
                  timetabling problem},
  booktitle    = {{SAICSIT}},
  series       = {{ACM} International Conference Proceeding Series},
  pages        = {187--192},
  publisher    = {{ACM}},
  year         = {2009}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/vinci/ThomasKB09,
  author       = {J. Joshua Thomas and
                  Ahamad Tajudin Abdul Khader and
                  Bahari Belaton},
  title        = {Information visualization Approach on the University Examination Timetabling
                  Problem},
  booktitle    = {{VINCI}},
  pages        = {255--264},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2009}
}
@phdthesis{DBLP:phd/ethos/McGreevy08,
  author       = {Mark Andrew James McGreevy},
  title        = {A neural network based construction heurisitic for the examination
                  timetabling problem},
  school       = {Queen's University Belfast, {UK}},
  year         = {2008}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/iajit/HadjidjD08,
  author       = {Drifa Hadjidj and
                  Habiba Drias},
  title        = {Scatter search for the examination timetabling problem},
  journal      = {Int. Arab J. Inf. Technol.},
  volume       = {5},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {334--340},
  year         = {2008}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/informs/CaramiaDI08,
  author       = {Massimiliano Caramia and
                  Paolo Dell'Olmo and
                  Giuseppe F. Italiano},
  title        = {Novel Local-Search-Based Approaches to University Examination Timetabling},
  journal      = {{INFORMS} J. Comput.},
  volume       = {20},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {86--99},
  year         = {2008}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/IEEEcgiv/ThomasKB08,
  author       = {J. Joshua Thomas and
                  Ahamad Tajudin Abdul Khader and
                  Bahari Belaton},
  title        = {A Visual Analytics Framework for the Examination Timetabling Problem},
  booktitle    = {{CGIV}},
  pages        = {305--310},
  publisher    = {{IEEE} Computer Society},
  year         = {2008}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/case/ChenS08,
  author       = {Weiwei Chen and
                  Leyuan Shi},
  title        = {A variant of examination timetabling problem},
  booktitle    = {{CASE}},
  pages        = {353--358},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2008}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ppsn/PillayB08,
  author       = {Nelishia Pillay and
                  Wolfgang Banzhaf},
  title        = {A Developmental Approach to the Uncapacitated Examination Timetabling
                  Problem},
  booktitle    = {{PPSN}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {5199},
  pages        = {276--285},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2008}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/saicsit/Pillay08,
  author       = {Nelishia Pillay},
  title        = {An analysis of representations for hyper-heuristics for the uncapacitated
                  examination timetabling problem in a genetic programming system},
  booktitle    = {{SAICSIT}},
  series       = {{ACM} International Conference Proceeding Series},
  volume       = {338},
  pages        = {188--192},
  publisher    = {{ACM}},
  year         = {2008}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/eswa/PetrovicYD07,
  author       = {Sanja Petrovic and
                  Yong Yang and
                  Moshe Dror},
  title        = {Case-based selection of initialisation heuristics for metaheuristic
                  examination timetabling},
  journal      = {Expert Syst. Appl.},
  volume       = {33},
  number       = {3},
  pages        = {772--785},
  year         = {2007}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/ior/CaramiaD07,
  author       = {Massimiliano Caramia and
                  Paolo Dell'Olmo},
  title        = {Coupling Stochastic and Deterministic Local Search in Examination
                  Timetabling},
  journal      = {Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {55},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {351--366},
  year         = {2007}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/jors/AbdullahABDM07,
  author       = {Salwani Abdullah and
                  Samad Ahmadi and
                  Edmund K. Burke and
                  Moshe Dror and
                  Barry McCollum},
  title        = {A tabu-based large neighbourhood search methodology for the capacitated
                  examination timetabling problem},
  journal      = {J. Oper. Res. Soc.},
  volume       = {58},
  number       = {11},
  pages        = {1494--1502},
  year         = {2007}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/ors/AbdullahABD07,
  author       = {Salwani Abdullah and
                  Samad Ahmadi and
                  Edmund K. Burke and
                  Moshe Dror},
  title        = {Investigating Ahuja-Orlin's large neighbourhood search approach for
                  examination timetabling},
  journal      = {{OR} Spectr.},
  volume       = {29},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {351--372},
  year         = {2007}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cisched/CheongTV07,
  author       = {Chun Yew Cheong and
                  Kay Chen Tan and
                  Bharadwaj Veeravalli},
  title        = {Solving the Exam Timetabling Problem via a Multi-Objective Evolutionary
                  Algorithm - {A} More General Approach},
  booktitle    = {CISched},
  pages        = {165--172},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2007}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cisched/Mumford07,
  author       = {Christine L. Mumford},
  title        = {An Order Based Evolutionary Approach to Dual Objective Examination
                  Timetabling},
  booktitle    = {CISched},
  pages        = {179--186},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2007}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/epia/PillayB07,
  author       = {Nelishia Pillay and
                  Wolfgang Banzhaf},
  title        = {A Genetic Programming Approach to the Generation of Hyper-Heuristics
                  for the Uncapacitated Examination Timetabling Problem},
  booktitle    = {{EPIA} Workshops},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {4874},
  pages        = {223--234},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2007}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/iccsa/AyobMAHKQ07,
  author       = {Masri Ayob and
                  Ariff Md. Ab. Malik and
                  Salwani Abdullah and
                  Abdul Razak Hamdan and
                  Graham Kendall and
                  Rong Qu},
  title        = {Solving a Practical Examination Timetabling Problem: {A} Case Study},
  booktitle    = {{ICCSA} {(3)}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {4707},
  pages        = {611--624},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2007}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/aes/DammakEK06,
  author       = {Abdelaziz Dammak and
                  Abdelkarim Elloumi and
                  Hichem Kamoun},
  title        = {Classroom assignment for exam timetabling},
  journal      = {Adv. Eng. Softw.},
  volume       = {37},
  number       = {10},
  pages        = {659--666},
  year         = {2006}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/aips/AbdullahB06,
  author       = {Salwani Abdullah and
                  Edmund K. Burke},
  title        = {A Multi-Start Very Large Neighbourhood Search Approach with Local
                  Search Methods for Examination Timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{ICAPS}},
  pages        = {334--337},
  publisher    = {{AAAI}},
  year         = {2006}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/antsw/Eley06,
  author       = {Michael Eley},
  title        = {Some Experiments with Ant Colony Algorithms for the Exam Timetabling
                  Problem},
  booktitle    = {{ANTS} Workshop},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {4150},
  pages        = {492--499},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2006}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/AsmuniBGM06,
  author       = {Hishammuddin Asmuni and
                  Edmund K. Burke and
                  Jonathan M. Garibaldi and
                  Barry McCollum},
  title        = {A Novel Fuzzy Approach to Evaluate the Quality of Examination Timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {3867},
  pages        = {327--346},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2006}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/BilginOK06,
  author       = {Burak Bilgin and
                  Ender {\"{O}}zcan and
                  Emin Erkan Korkmaz},
  title        = {An Experimental Study on Hyper-heuristics and Exam Timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {3867},
  pages        = {394--412},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2006}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/Eley06,
  author       = {Michael Eley},
  title        = {Ant Algorithms for the Exam Timetabling Problem},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {3867},
  pages        = {364--382},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2006}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ppsn/CorrMMM06,
  author       = {Patrick H. Corr and
                  Barry McCollum and
                  Mark Andrew James McGreevy and
                  P. J. P. McMullan},
  title        = {A New Neural Network Based Construction Heuristic for the Examination
                  Timetabling Problem},
  booktitle    = {{PPSN}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {4193},
  pages        = {392--401},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2006}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/amc/Azimi05,
  author       = {Zahra Naji Azimi},
  title        = {Hybrid heuristics for Examination Timetabling problem},
  journal      = {Appl. Math. Comput.},
  volume       = {163},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {705--733},
  year         = {2005}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/jdim/KhaderS05,
  author       = {Ahamad Tajudin Abdul Khader and
                  Ang Siew See},
  title        = {Improving Exam Timetabling Solution Using {TABU} Search},
  journal      = {J. Digit. Inf. Manag.},
  volume       = {3},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {250--253},
  year         = {2005}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/anor/BurkeN04,
  author       = {Edmund K. Burke and
                  James P. Newall},
  title        = {Solving Examination Timetabling Problems through Adaption of Heuristic
                  Orderings},
  journal      = {Ann. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {129},
  number       = {1-4},
  pages        = {107--134},
  year         = {2004}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cec/RossMH04,
  author       = {Peter Ross and
                  Javier G. Mar{\'{\i}}n{-}Bl{\'{a}}zquez and
                  Emma Hart},
  title        = {Hyper-heuristics applied to class and exam timetabling problems},
  booktitle    = {{IEEE} Congress on Evolutionary Computation},
  pages        = {1691--1698},
  publisher    = {{IEEE}},
  year         = {2004}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/AsmuniBGM04,
  author       = {Hishammuddin Asmuni and
                  Edmund K. Burke and
                  Jonathan M. Garibaldi and
                  Barry McCollum},
  title        = {Fuzzy Multiple Heuristic Orderings for Examination Timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {3616},
  pages        = {334--353},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2004}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/KendallH04,
  author       = {Graham Kendall and
                  Naimah Mohd Hussin},
  title        = {A Tabu Search Hyper-heuristic Approach to the Examination Timetabling
                  Problem at the {MARA} University of Technology},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {3616},
  pages        = {270--293},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2004}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/PetrovicPY04,
  author       = {Sanja Petrovic and
                  Vijay Patel and
                  Yong Yang},
  title        = {Examination Timetabling with Fuzzy Constraints},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {3616},
  pages        = {313--333},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2004}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/YangP04,
  author       = {Yong Yang and
                  Sanja Petrovic},
  title        = {A Novel Similarity Measure for Heuristic Selection in Examination
                  Timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {3616},
  pages        = {247--269},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2004}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/rivf/DuongL04,
  author       = {Tuan{-}Anh Duong and
                  Kim{-}Hoa Lam},
  title        = {Combining Constraint Programming and Simulated Annealing on University
                  Exam Timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{RIVF}},
  pages        = {205--210},
  year         = {2004}
}
@phdthesis{DBLP:phd/ethos/Bykov03,
  author       = {Yuri Bykov},
  title        = {Time-predefined and trajectory-based search : single and multiobjective
                  approaches to exam timetabling},
  school       = {University of Nottingham, {UK}},
  year         = {2003}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cita/AhmadMZ03,
  author       = {Jasni Ahmad and
                  Arifin Abdul Mutalib and
                  Syamsul Bahrin Zaibon},
  title        = {Intelligent Examination Timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{CITA}},
  pages        = {189--193},
  year         = {2003}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/aaai/LimAHO02,
  author       = {Andrew Lim and
                  Juay Chin Ang and
                  Wee{-}Kit Ho and
                  Wee{-}Chong Oon},
  title        = {UTTSExam: {A} Campus-Wide University Exam-Timetabling System},
  booktitle    = {{AAAI/IAAI}},
  pages        = {838--844},
  publisher    = {{AAAI} Press / The {MIT} Press},
  year         = {2002}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/MerlotBHS02,
  author       = {Liam T. G. Merlot and
                  Natashia Boland and
                  Barry D. Hughes and
                  Peter J. Stuckey},
  title        = {A Hybrid Algorithm for the Examination Timetabling Problem},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {2740},
  pages        = {207--231},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2002}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/PetrovicB02,
  author       = {Sanja Petrovic and
                  Yuri Bykov},
  title        = {A Multiobjective Optimisation Technique for Exam Timetabling Based
                  on Trajectories},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {2740},
  pages        = {181--194},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2002}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/eor/DimopoulouM01,
  author       = {Maria Dimopoulou and
                  Panagiotis A. Miliotis},
  title        = {Implementation of a university course and examination timetabling
                  system},
  journal      = {Eur. J. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {130},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {202--213},
  year         = {2001}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/jors/CarterJ01,
  author       = {Michael W. Carter and
                  D. G. Johnson},
  title        = {Extended clique initialisation in examination timetabling},
  journal      = {J. Oper. Res. Soc.},
  volume       = {52},
  number       = {5},
  pages        = {538--544},
  year         = {2001}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ictai/HoLO01,
  author       = {Wee{-}Kit Ho and
                  Andrew Lim and
                  Wee{-}Chong Oon},
  title        = {Maximizing Paper Spread in Examination Timetabling Using a Vehicle
                  Routing Method},
  booktitle    = {{ICTAI}},
  pages        = {359--366},
  publisher    = {{IEEE} Computer Society},
  year         = {2001}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/aaai/LimCKO00,
  author       = {Andrew Lim and
                  Ang Juay Chin and
                  Wee{-}Kit Ho and
                  Wee{-}Chong Oon},
  title        = {A Campus-Wide University Examination Timetabling Application},
  booktitle    = {{AAAI/IAAI}},
  pages        = {1020--1015},
  publisher    = {{AAAI} Press / The {MIT} Press},
  year         = {2000}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/BurkeBP00,
  author       = {Edmund K. Burke and
                  Yuri Bykov and
                  Sanja Petrovic},
  title        = {A Multicriteria Approach to Examination Timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {2079},
  pages        = {118--131},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2000}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/Erben00,
  author       = {Wilhelm Erben},
  title        = {A Grouping Genetic Algorithm for Graph Colouring and Exam Timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {2079},
  pages        = {132--158},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2000}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/GasperoS00,
  author       = {Luca Di Gaspero and
                  Andrea Schaerf},
  title        = {Tabu Search Techniques for Examination Timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {2079},
  pages        = {104--117},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2000}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/wae/CaramiaDI00,
  author       = {Massimiliano Caramia and
                  Paolo Dell'Olmo and
                  Giuseppe F. Italiano},
  title        = {New Algorithms for Examination Timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{WAE}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {1982},
  pages        = {230--242},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {2000}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/cor/ThompsonD98,
  author       = {Jonathan M. Thompson and
                  Kathryn A. Dowsland},
  title        = {A robust simulated annealing based examination timetabling system},
  journal      = {Comput. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {25},
  number       = {7-8},
  pages        = {637--648},
  year         = {1998}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/David97,
  author       = {Philippe David},
  title        = {A Constraint-Based Approach for Examination Timetabling Using Local
                  Repair Techniques},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {1408},
  pages        = {169--186},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {1997}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/RossHC97,
  author       = {Peter Ross and
                  Emma Hart and
                  David Corne},
  title        = {Some Observations about GA-Based Exam Timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {1408},
  pages        = {115--129},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {1997}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/anor/ThompsonD96,
  author       = {Jonathan M. Thompson and
                  Kathryn A. Dowsland},
  title        = {Variants of simulated annealing for the examination timetabling problem},
  journal      = {Ann. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {63},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {105--128},
  year         = {1996}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/jlp/BoizumaultDP96,
  author       = {Patrice Boizumault and
                  Yan Delon and
                  Laurent P{\'{e}}ridy},
  title        = {Constraint Logic Programming for Examination Timetabling},
  journal      = {J. Log. Program.},
  volume       = {26},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {217--233},
  year         = {1996}
}
@phdthesis{DBLP:phd/ethos/Weare95,
  author       = {Rupert F. Weare},
  title        = {Automated examination timetabling},
  school       = {University of Nottingham, {UK}},
  year         = {1995}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/BurkeEFW95,
  author       = {Edmund K. Burke and
                  Dave Elliman and
                  Peter H. Ford and
                  Rupert F. Weare},
  title        = {Examination Timetabling in British Universities: {A} Survey},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {1153},
  pages        = {76--90},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {1995}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/BurkeNW95,
  author       = {Edmund K. Burke and
                  James P. Newall and
                  Rupert F. Weare},
  title        = {A Memetic Algorithm for University Exam Timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {1153},
  pages        = {241--250},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {1995}
}
@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/patat/CarterL95,
  author       = {Michael W. Carter and
                  Gilbert Laporte},
  title        = {Recent Developments in Practical Examination Timetabling},
  booktitle    = {{PATAT}},
  series       = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume       = {1153},
  pages        = {3--21},
  publisher    = {Springer},
  year         = {1995}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/ior/Carter86,
  author       = {Michael W. Carter},
  title        = {{OR} Practice - {A} Survey of Practical Applications of Examination
                  Timetabling Algorithms},
  journal      = {Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {34},
  number       = {2},
  pages        = {193--202},
  year         = {1986}
}
@article{DBLP:journals/cor/LaporteD84,
  author       = {Gilbert Laporte and
                  Sylvain Desroches},
  title        = {Examination timetabling by computer},
  journal      = {Comput. Oper. Res.},
  volume       = {11},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {351--360},
  year         = {1984}
}
a service of  Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz Center for Informatics