Track: Undergraduate Poster Competition

Abstract

The aim of this project is to design a method to solve the midterm exam timetabling problem and implement it to schedule the exams for Mechanical and Industrial engineering department in Sultan Qaboos University. A mathematical model was developed and implemented in CPLEX OPL software with the aid of Visual Basic language. The objective of the model is to minimize number of students having two exams in two consecutive periods, number of students having two exams on the same day and number of students having two exams in two consecutive days. The mathematical model is tested for the midterm exams of the current semester and an optimal timetable is successfully generated. A survey is designed for the students to understand their preferences regarding the midterm timetable. The priorities of different objectives will be determined as a result of this survey.