Course Scheduling

Course scheduling problems consist of scheduling a certain number of resources, such as classes, teachers, courses and the classrooms to a number of time-slots on a daily basis. The feasible combinations for these resources are the ones that avoid the connicts between the teachers, classes, rooms and other speciied requirements. Models formulated for scheduling problems are also case-sensitive and generally quite diierent from each other. Therefore, to establish the common features of the course scheduling problems is crucial. This paper presents a general view of course scheduling problems, formulate a high-school course scheduling problem which includes the common elements and the features of most of the course scheduling problems.