An automated system for lecturer to course assignment / Siti Fatimah Che Saad

The arrangement of course in universities timetabling is an optimal problem to be solved. It can be divided into two parts: lecturer assignment and course scheduling. The problem addressed in this research is the assignment of lecturers to the courses based on their preference and their knowledge expertise. The focus of this research is lecturer assignment only. Therefore, the linear programming technique is employed to solve the problem of lecturer assignment. Two experiments are conducted to find the minimum error of assignment lecturer to course. And the computational results for solving the problem are reported together with some comparison and analysis of the solutions obtained. It is shown that the assignment of lecturer based on the lecturer expertise field has minimum error than assignment based on priority request. Also, the result of the second experiment show that the best procedure to be applied is by considering the lecturer expertise, course priority and teaching history accordingly. However, this research does not involve with constraint time and room allocation. Therefore, the solution obtain is not optimal. As the conclusion, this project can be further enhance by adding time and room allocation as constraint function.