PASS Planning and Scheduling System Problem Definition Project

PASS: Planning and Scheduling System Problem Definition Project 8: Optimization of the SEOR Teaching Schedule OR 699/SYST 699 Spring 2013 Tom Burns Stephen Meyer Valerie Mickelsen PASS: Planning and Scheduling System

Overview • Project 8: Optimization of the SEOR Teaching Schedule – Develop a user-friendly system to plan the SEOR teaching schedule for the next semester. – System must be able to easily accept new types of requirements or constraints as they arise. • Use Rice’s Method to define the problem – Given… – The problem is to… – By choice of… – Subject to… 12/18/2021 PASS: Planning and Scheduling System 2

Problem Definition • • Given… – Recent trends in SEOR course scheduling, 50 courses, 20 fulltime faculty, 10 adjuncts – Hard constraints and restrictions/preferences The problem is to… – Reduce the time and complexity of SEOR scheduling by developing a user-friendly scheduling system to generate optimal teaching schedules each semester By choice of… – Number of classes, number of professors, and weight of faculty preferences Subject to… – University scheduling policies, academic needs in various SEOR programs, class times, faculty size, professor availability, professors’ ability to teach certain classes 12/18/2021 PASS: Planning and Scheduling System 3

Summary • PASS is a user-friendly scheduling system to generate optimal teaching schedules based on university and faculty constraints and preferences. Questions? 12/18/2021 PASS: Planning and Scheduling System 4

Back-up Slides PASS: Planning and Scheduling System

References • • Lecture notes. “Mors Tutorial on ‘Step #1 of the Scientific Method: Defining the Problem’”. Loerch, A. January 28, 2013. Sofer, A. January 30, 2013. Personal interview. 12/18/2021 PASS: Planning and Scheduling System 6