Methodology of Academic Room Scheduling Making Everyone Equally Unhappy

Needs and Wants Grief and Pain

Setting Attributes Where It All Begins

Before the Eggbeater Baby Steps

Algorithmic Optimizers And All That Master Scheduler Algorithmic Optimizers And All That

Step by Step to Optimum Term Processing SELECT: Master Schedule Create or Copy a Template NEXT Destination > Name of new Template Source > Copy from the Section Schedule SELECT: Year/Term/Session FINISH Return to Master Schedule SELECT: Optimize an Existing Template CHECK the schedule just created New file will be created, with “New” suffix. CHOOSE: Schedule Priority: Lenient SET: Lowest match to consider: 50% OK Processing Log (Notepad Extract) Examine sections scheduled. Bottom of page: unscheduled classes Copy & Paste unscheduled sections to new Word document. PRINT Apply a Template SELECT: Template for the appropriate term, with the “New” suffix. CHECK: Copy the Template to the Section Schedule CHECK: Modify schedule with template. Never check Delete existing schedule! CHECK: Populate the Calendar with the Template

After the Eggbeater Data-Massage

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