This paper discusses the problem of room usage optimization for university timetables: given a timetable, we want to optimize the room occupation by determining the events allocated to each room, while ensuring that the rooms have enough capacity to "seat" all people participating in those...

We develop Integer Programming (IP) solutions for some special college admission problems arising from the Hungarian higher education admission scheme. We focus on four special features, namely the solution concept of stable score-limits, the presence of lower and common quotas, and paired...

Examination timetabling problem (ETP) is one of the most important issues in universities. An improper timetable may result in students' dissatisfaction as it may not let them study enough between two sequential exams. In addition, the many exams to be scheduled, the large number of students who...