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@article{IJASEIT10233,
   author = {San Nah Sze and See Yan Tan and Kang Leng Chiew and Wei King Tiong},
   title = {Two-stage Heuristic for Primary School Timetabling Problem with Combined Classes Consideration},
   journal = {International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology},
   volume = {10},
   number = {3},
   year = {2020},
   pages = {1051--1057},
   keywords = {combined classes; government policy; primary school timetabling; small scale primary school; two-stage heuristic.},
   abstract = {
This research focuses on a primary school timetabling problem, a small-scale primary school that is located at Pengerang, Johor. In this small-scale primary school, six classes have been allotted, from standard one until standard six. Most of the primary school timetables are manually developed, which is extremely time-consuming. According to the new policy announced on 12th Dec 2017by the Ministry of Education (MoE) Malaysia, due to the shortage of teachers, combined-classes should be implemented in low-enrolment schools with fewer than 30 students. MoE has introduced another policy on 30th June 2018 that recommends schools to reduce the number of subjects that are being taught in a day to solve the overloaded school bag issue. There is a set of hard constraints in this primary school timetabling problem due to the stipulation that a teacher can only teach one subject at a time; each subject must satisfy the total weekly period(s), and the combined classes can only combine one subject at a time. The main objective of this study is to propose a heuristic solution to this solves primary school timetabling problem with the consideration of combined-classes. A two-stage timetabling heuristic approaches been offered due to its simplicity in dealing with numerous constraints. The two-stage heuristic method was clustered into subject groups in the first stage to ease the timeslots allocation in the second stage. A clash-free timetable can be obtained from this proposed algorithm. The result generated by this proposed solution outperforms the current manual practice in solution quality and computing efficiency.
},
   issn = {2088-5334},
   publisher = {INSIGHT - Indonesian Society for Knowledge and Human Development},
   url = {http://ijaseit.insightsociety.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=1&article_id=10233},
   doi = {10.18517/ijaseit.10.3.10233}
}

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%A Sze, San Nah
%A Tan, See Yan
%A Chiew, Kang Leng
%A Tiong, Wei King
%D 2020
%T Two-stage Heuristic for Primary School Timetabling Problem with Combined Classes Consideration
%B 2020
%9 combined classes; government policy; primary school timetabling; small scale primary school; two-stage heuristic.
%! Two-stage Heuristic for Primary School Timetabling Problem with Combined Classes Consideration
%K combined classes; government policy; primary school timetabling; small scale primary school; two-stage heuristic.
%X 
This research focuses on a primary school timetabling problem, a small-scale primary school that is located at Pengerang, Johor. In this small-scale primary school, six classes have been allotted, from standard one until standard six. Most of the primary school timetables are manually developed, which is extremely time-consuming. According to the new policy announced on 12th Dec 2017by the Ministry of Education (MoE) Malaysia, due to the shortage of teachers, combined-classes should be implemented in low-enrolment schools with fewer than 30 students. MoE has introduced another policy on 30th June 2018 that recommends schools to reduce the number of subjects that are being taught in a day to solve the overloaded school bag issue. There is a set of hard constraints in this primary school timetabling problem due to the stipulation that a teacher can only teach one subject at a time; each subject must satisfy the total weekly period(s), and the combined classes can only combine one subject at a time. The main objective of this study is to propose a heuristic solution to this solves primary school timetabling problem with the consideration of combined-classes. A two-stage timetabling heuristic approaches been offered due to its simplicity in dealing with numerous constraints. The two-stage heuristic method was clustered into subject groups in the first stage to ease the timeslots allocation in the second stage. A clash-free timetable can be obtained from this proposed algorithm. The result generated by this proposed solution outperforms the current manual practice in solution quality and computing efficiency.

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%R doi:10.18517/ijaseit.10.3.10233
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San Nah Sze,See Yan Tan,Kang Leng Chiew and Wei King Tiong,"Two-stage Heuristic for Primary School Timetabling Problem with Combined Classes Consideration," International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 1051-1057, 2020. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.18517/ijaseit.10.3.10233.

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Sze, San Nah
AU  - Tan, See Yan
AU  - Chiew, Kang Leng
AU  - Tiong, Wei King
PY  - 2020
TI  - Two-stage Heuristic for Primary School Timetabling Problem with Combined Classes Consideration
JF  - International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology; Vol. 10 (2020) No. 3
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PB  - INSIGHT - Indonesian Society for Knowledge and Human Development
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This research focuses on a primary school timetabling problem, a small-scale primary school that is located at Pengerang, Johor. In this small-scale primary school, six classes have been allotted, from standard one until standard six. Most of the primary school timetables are manually developed, which is extremely time-consuming. According to the new policy announced on 12th Dec 2017by the Ministry of Education (MoE) Malaysia, due to the shortage of teachers, combined-classes should be implemented in low-enrolment schools with fewer than 30 students. MoE has introduced another policy on 30th June 2018 that recommends schools to reduce the number of subjects that are being taught in a day to solve the overloaded school bag issue. There is a set of hard constraints in this primary school timetabling problem due to the stipulation that a teacher can only teach one subject at a time; each subject must satisfy the total weekly period(s), and the combined classes can only combine one subject at a time. The main objective of this study is to propose a heuristic solution to this solves primary school timetabling problem with the consideration of combined-classes. A two-stage timetabling heuristic approaches been offered due to its simplicity in dealing with numerous constraints. The two-stage heuristic method was clustered into subject groups in the first stage to ease the timeslots allocation in the second stage. A clash-free timetable can be obtained from this proposed algorithm. The result generated by this proposed solution outperforms the current manual practice in solution quality and computing efficiency.

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This research focuses on a primary school timetabling problem, a small-scale primary school that is located at Pengerang, Johor. In this small-scale primary school, six classes have been allotted, from standard one until standard six. Most of the primary school timetables are manually developed, which is extremely time-consuming. According to the new policy announced on 12th Dec 2017by the Ministry of Education (MoE) Malaysia, due to the shortage of teachers, combined-classes should be implemented in low-enrolment schools with fewer than 30 students. MoE has introduced another policy on 30th June 2018 that recommends schools to reduce the number of subjects that are being taught in a day to solve the overloaded school bag issue. There is a set of hard constraints in this primary school timetabling problem due to the stipulation that a teacher can only teach one subject at a time; each subject must satisfy the total weekly period(s), and the combined classes can only combine one subject at a time. The main objective of this study is to propose a heuristic solution to this solves primary school timetabling problem with the consideration of combined-classes. A two-stage timetabling heuristic approaches been offered due to its simplicity in dealing with numerous constraints. The two-stage heuristic method was clustered into subject groups in the first stage to ease the timeslots allocation in the second stage. A clash-free timetable can be obtained from this proposed algorithm. The result generated by this proposed solution outperforms the current manual practice in solution quality and computing efficiency.

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DO  - 10.18517/ijaseit.10.3.10233