Examination Solution Properties

Properties Of An Examination Timetable

• Assigned variables
  • Percentage/number of examinations that have time and room assigned
• Overall solution value
  • Value of the optimization function for this timetable; the lower the better
• Direct Conflicts
  • Number of instances when two examinations needed by the same student overlap
• More Than 2 A Day Conflicts
  • Number of instances when a student has more than 2 examinations in one day
• Back-To-Back Conflicts
  • Number of instances when two examinations needed by the same student are back to back

• Period Penalty

• PeriodxSize Penalty

• Exam Rotation Penalty

• Average Period

• Room Penalty

• Room Split Penalty

• Room Split Distance Penalty

• Room Size Penalty

• Distribution Penalty

• Perturbation Variables

• Time
  • Time needed to create this timetable
• Iteration
  • Number of iterations performed to create this timetable
• Speed
  • Number of iterations per second