A hybrid metaheuristic approach to the university course timetabling problem.
Salwani AbdullahHamza TurabiehBarry McCollumPaul McMullanPublished in: J. Heuristics (2012)
Keyphrases
- timetabling problem
- hybrid metaheuristic
- vehicle routing problem
- memetic algorithm
- scatter search
- metaheuristic
- multi objective
- tabu search
- examination timetabling
- path relinking
- variable neighborhood search
- hyper heuristics
- initial population
- benchmark problems
- genetic algorithm
- traveling salesman problem
- combinatorial optimization
- job shop scheduling problem
- particle swarm optimization
- simulated annealing
- routing problem
- benchmark instances
- solution space
- search strategies
- search methods
- optimization problems
- dynamic programming
- evolutionary algorithm
- search algorithm
- objective function