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International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling

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Space allocation: An analysis of higher education requirements

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In October 1996 we sent a questionnaire on the subject of university space allocation to the estate managers of ninety six British universities. This was conducted as part of the Automated Space Allocation project being funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee of the UK Higher Education Funding Council. This paper describes and analyses the results obtained from these questionnaires. In particular, emphasis is placed on how large and diverse the problem is within each university, what computing tools are used if any and the constraints the universities use. We conclude by making some comments regarding about there is a requirement for an automated space allocation system and what qualities it must have.

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  1. Automated Scheduling and Planning Group Department of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

    E. K. Burke & D. B. Varley

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Edmund Burke Michael Carter

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Burke, E.K., Varley, D.B. (1998). Space allocation: An analysis of higher education requirements. In: Burke, E., Carter, M. (eds) Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling II. PATAT 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1408. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0055879

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