Visualization Methods for Educational Timetabling Problems: A Systematic Review of Literature

Wanderley de Souza Alencar, Hugo Alexandre Dantas do Nascimento, Fabrizzio Alphonsus A. de M. Nunes Soares, Humberto J. Longo

2019

Abstract

This paper investigates, through a Systematic Review of the Literature (SRL), the application of advanced Information Visualization (IV) methods to the Educational Timetabling Problem (Ed-TTP). The aim is to show how IV can facilitate the human perception of the several elements embedded in a school or university timetable scheduling. We also investigates how interactive IVs have been proposed to help creating/improving timetabling solutions, particularly when time conflict is a major challenging to be solved. In this SRL we considered publications from the last twenty years (1998–2018) indexed by seven solid scientific databases. The review clearly identified that there is a small amount of studies devoted to the intersection between IV and Ed-TTP in that period. Ideas for future research in this intersection field are discussed.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Alencar W., Dantas do Nascimento H., Soares F. and Longo H. (2019). Visualization Methods for Educational Timetabling Problems: A Systematic Review of Literature. In Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2019) - Volume 3: IVAPP; ISBN 978-989-758-354-4, SciTePress, pages 275-281. DOI: 10.5220/0007375802750281

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ivapp19,
author={Wanderley de Souza Alencar and Hugo Alexandre Dantas do Nascimento and Fabrizzio Alphonsus A. de M. Nunes Soares and Humberto J. Longo},
title={Visualization Methods for Educational Timetabling Problems: A Systematic Review of Literature},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2019) - Volume 3: IVAPP},
year={2019},
pages={275-281},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007375802750281},
isbn={978-989-758-354-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2019) - Volume 3: IVAPP
TI - Visualization Methods for Educational Timetabling Problems: A Systematic Review of Literature
SN - 978-989-758-354-4
AU - Alencar W.
AU - Dantas do Nascimento H.
AU - Soares F.
AU - Longo H.
PY - 2019
SP - 275
EP - 281
DO - 10.5220/0007375802750281
PB - SciTePress