An Extensible Modelling Framework for the Examination Timetabling Problem
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چکیده
A number of modelling languages for timetabling have been proposed to standardise the specification of problems, solutions and their data formats. These languages have not been adopted as standard due to not simplifying the modelling process, lack of features and offering little advantage over traditional programming languages. In contrast to this approach we propose a new language-independent modelling framework for general timetabling problems based on our experience of modelling the examination timetabling problem (ETP) using STTL. This framework is a work in progress but demonstrates the possibilities and convenience such a model would afford.
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