Infected Genes Evolutionary Algorithm for School Timetabling

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  • C. FERNANDES
چکیده

In this paper we describe a method for generating high school timetables using an Evolutionary Algorithm (E.A.) with a new set of genetic operators inspired on the Infected Genes Evolutionary Algorithm [14]. We show that widening region of infection considered in [7] leads to a very significant increase in the performance of the E.A.. Comparative tests between the E.A. with and without the improved Bad-Gene operators were made using the data of a large Portuguese high school. These clearly show that the improved the Bad-Gene operators result in a significant improvement in performance. Key-Words: Evolutionary Algorithms, Timetabling, Infected Genes.

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تاریخ انتشار 2001