The Optimization Model of Final Project Examination Scheduling in Two Different Locations: A Case Study

Abstract

The Nursing Undergraduate Study Program of the Vocational Faculty of Universitas Airlangga has two classes in two different cities: Gresik and Lamongan. The final project examination scheduling in the study program should be scheduled simultaneously to minimize the round-trip of the examiner. Currently, the scheduling process is done manually without a certain systematic method or approach. In this paper, an optimization model is developed to solve the scheduling problem. Several factors are considered in the model, namely the number of examiners, examination room availability, and the home campus of eachexaminer. The model employed an integer programming approach with the objective function of maximizing the totalassignment of the examiners in the time slot. The model cansolve the scheduling problem more efficiently than manual scheduling.