Requirements


Classes - courses or packages /groups/
  • availability
  • size
  • min or max number of lessons a day
  • min or max number of lessons in the group of days
  • min or max number of lessons a day in the group of days
  • the starting time of lessons /from-to/ in days or a group of days
  • required blocking mode
  • preferred classroom
  • gaps mode for each day or a group of days
  • inter-sites moving mode /no changes, no returns/
  • virtuality
Teachers
  • availability
  • required blocking mode
  • min or max number of lessons a day
  • min or max number of lessons in the group of days
  • min or max number of lessons a day in the group of days
  • gaps minimisation /no gaps, one-hour gap a day, one longer gap a day, no gaps in a group of days, etc./
  • preferred classroom
  • min number of lessons allowing a day off,
  • max number of working days a week
  • virtuality
Subjects
  • sites
  • number of lessons defined on a subject or subjects group level (it means also a possibility to define the subject distribution between sites and/or teachers)
  • number of periods
  • availability /lesson which can or has to be performed in the selected time or day/
  • belonging to a group of subjects
  • selected classrooms /preferred/
  • combined subject - if requires a new classroom
  • a position related to the course or package of courses
  • quantity and type of resources /if required/
  • blocking mode /not blocked, always blocked, blocked if several a day/
  • preceding subjects /e.g. theoretical part before a practical exam, other types of preceding exams/ - mode /1-1, all/ and range /per day, week/
  • min or max number of lessons a day
  • min or max number of lessons in the group of days
  • min or max number of lessons a day in the group of days
  • even distribution
  • without classrooms arrangement mode
  • min distance between subjects in days
  • min & max distance between classes in hours
Groups of subjects
  • correlated or separated subjects
  • min number of simultaneous lessons in a group /correlated subjects/
  • max number of simultaneous lessons in a group /separated subjects/
  • min or max number of lessons a day
  • min or max number of lessons in the group of days
  • min or max number of lessons a day in the group of days
  • even distribution
  • correlating the subjects with different number of lessons
  • min distance between subjects in days
  • min & max distance between classes in hours
  • minimum number of hours in a daygroup allowing zero
Timetable - expected
  • fixed or expected lessons, expected classrooms arrangement
Constraints priorities
  • can be defined on the classes, teachers, subjects, classrooms, subjects groups levels etc.
Classrooms
  • site
  • availability
  • size
  • selected subjects
Resources
  • site
  • Count
Students
  • course or package of courses
Sites
  • inter-sites moving time
  • possibe different times of lessons
Classrooms arrangement mode
  • means which preferred options will be used: for classes, teachers or maybe minimising their movement between classrooms,
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