Faculty of Logistics

Facts about the course

ECTS Credits:
2.5
Responsible department:
Faculty of Logistics
Course Leader:
Arild Hoff
Lecture Semester:
Autumn
Teaching language:
English
Duration:
½ year

LOG904-162 Applications of Scheduling and Timetabling (Autumn 2024)

About the course

Scheduling and timetabling problems and models find applications in many areas. Scheduling in ports has worldwide appeal. The course starts with an overview of timetabling and scheduling problems in different areas, involving tasks and resources such as vehicles (trains, buses), examinations, university courses, personnel (nurses, teachers), games and sports facilities, showing the richness of this field of application and of the techniques presented. We focus our attention to problems and applications in educational timetabling; acheduling in the oil and forestry industry; project scheduling; nurse rostering; vehicle scheduling; scheduling problems in a large logistics company; and sports scheduling. The course presents fundamental issues, problem descriptions and formulations, solution methods, applications, and case studies in the above areas.

The course is connected to the following study programs

Recommended requirements

Linear and Integer Programming, basics of Metaheuristics

Forms of teaching and learning

Five lectures along one week, one lecture per day, three hours per lecture (with two breaks).

Examination

Form of assessment: home assessment with presentation -short mp4 interactive video

  • Proportion: 50 % 

  • Duration: 5 to 8 minutes (video duration), to be delivered on Day 4 and presented online on Day 5.

  • Grouping: groups of two students

  • Grading scale: Letter (A - F)

  • Support material: course materials, research material, interviews with lecturer

Form of assessment: home assessment without presentation - written review or summary of a selected application article

  • Proportion: 50 %

  • Duration: text with 6 to 8 pages using the template of any good journal in the area of Operations Research (pdf file), to be delivered on Day 5+1.

  • Grouping: groups of two students

  • Grading scale: Letter (A - F)

  • Support material: course materials, research material, interviews with lecturer

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