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The Computer Journal 1961 3(4):237-245; doi:10.1093/comjnl/3.4.237
© 1961 by British Computer Society
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Techniques for Producing School Timetables on a Computer and their Application to other Scheduling Problems

J. S. Appleby, D. V. Blake and E. A. Newman

National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK

This paper describes a method by which a timetable for a medium-sized school can be produced on a general-purpose digital computer in about 11/2 hours. The techniques used and time taken by human beings and the computer program are compared. The use of this work in other scheduling problems is briefly described.


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