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Remarks on computer program for the construction of school timetables

Remarks on computer program for the construction of school timetables :tives? T re [)t'esetii 4- !. N o t e s o n I ) e c i s i o n T a b l e S i z e s D: i~ quiie obvious that the n u m b e r of rules goes u I) very >:: })iciiv wit It an increase in t he - u m b e t of condit ions. When t i.e .-ize of a table ,hreatep~s t,.) get utmmnageably large, a t~H>bc'r of (.ourses of action are available. I. Take care not to hlclu(te a n y eoudition thai is indet:,cm:tmtt of all other conditions in the table. That is, do not i:~(:h,,(ie a condition unless it has to be considered in combi~ag/o~z with other conditions i n this same table. '2. If two or more conditions ii~ the table are mutttally cx(:iusive of ea('h other, represe~t t h e m by different states ot the same condition. 3. When a choice exists, ahvays use more than two states of a given condition, rather t h a n a d d i n g new conditions. 4. Break the decision table up i n t o more, slnalle.r http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Communications of the ACM Association for Computing Machinery

Remarks on computer program for the construction of school timetables

Griffith, B. A.
Communications of the ACM , Volume 9 (1) – Jan 1, 1966
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Association for Computing Machinery
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Copyright © 1966 by ACM Inc.
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0001-0782
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10.1145/365153.365165
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:tives? T re [)t'esetii 4- !. N o t e s o n I ) e c i s i o n T a b l e S i z e s D: i~ quiie obvious that the n u m b e r of rules goes u I) very >:: })iciiv wit It an increase in t he - u m b e t of condit ions. When t i.e .-ize of a table ,hreatep~s t,.) get utmmnageably large, a t~H>bc'r of (.ourses of action are available. I. Take care not to hlclu(te a n y eoudition thai is indet:,cm:tmtt of all other conditions in the table. That is, do not i:~(:h,,(ie a condition unless it has to be considered in combi~ag/o~z with other conditions i n this same table. '2. If two or more conditions ii~ the table are mutttally cx(:iusive of ea('h other, represe~t t h e m by different states ot the same condition. 3. When a choice exists, ahvays use more than two states of a given condition, rather t h a n a d d i n g new conditions. 4. Break the decision table up i n t o more, slnalle.r

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Communications of the ACM – Association for Computing Machinery

Published: Jan 1, 1966

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