An XML format for benchmarks in High School Timetabling

Gerhard Post (), Samad Ahmadi, Sophia Daskalaki, Jeffrey Kingston, Jari Kyngas, Cimmo Nurmi and David Ranson

Annals of Operations Research, 2012, vol. 194, issue 1, 385-397

Abstract: The High School Timetabling Problem is amongst the most widely used timetabling problems. This problem has varying structures in different high schools even within the same country or educational system. Due to lack of standard benchmarks and data formats this problem has been studied less than other timetabling problems in the literature. In this paper we describe the High School Timetabling Problem in several countries in order to find a common set of constraints and objectives. Our main goal is to provide exchangeable benchmarks for this problem. To achieve this we propose a standard data format suitable for different countries and educational systems, defined by an XML schema. The schema and datasets are available online. Copyright The Author(s) 2012

Keywords: Timetabling; High school; Benchmark; Xml; Scheduling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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