Allocating conference delegates to workshops: A special timetabling problem
The problem of assigning delegates to workshops at a conference can be formulated as a timetabling problem. Such an assignment must take into account the preferences of the delegates, as well as the number of participants each workshop can accommodate. This paper will report on a heuristic solution...
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2003-12-01
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| author | M. Sinclair D.G. Esterhuyzen |
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| description | The problem of assigning delegates to workshops at a conference can be formulated as a timetabling problem. Such an assignment must take into account the preferences of the delegates, as well as the number of participants each workshop can accommodate. This paper will report on a heuristic solution technique for a special case of such a problem. An implementation of the method for the solution of a real world problem will also be reported. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-47993a11770047f7b61b83bf0120f3552022-12-22T01:40:53ZengOperations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA)ORiON2224-00042003-12-017210.5784/7-2-470428Allocating conference delegates to workshops: A special timetabling problemM. SinclairD.G. EsterhuyzenThe problem of assigning delegates to workshops at a conference can be formulated as a timetabling problem. Such an assignment must take into account the preferences of the delegates, as well as the number of participants each workshop can accommodate. This paper will report on a heuristic solution technique for a special case of such a problem. An implementation of the method for the solution of a real world problem will also be reported.http://orion.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/470 |
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| title | Allocating conference delegates to workshops: A special timetabling problem |
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| title_short | Allocating conference delegates to workshops: A special timetabling problem |
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