Applying FireFly Algorithm to solve the problem of balancing curricula

3Citations
Citations of this article
24Readers
Mendeley users who have this article in their library.

Abstract

The problem of assigning a balanced academic curriculum to academic periods of a curriculum, that is, the balancing curricula, represents a traditional challenge for every educational institution which look for a match among students and professors. This article proposes a solution for the balancing curricula problem using an optimization technique based on the attraction of fireflies (FA) meta-heuristic. We perform a set of test and real instances to measure the performance of our solution proposal just looking to deliver a system that will simplify the process of designing a curricular network in higher education institutions. The obtained results show that our solution achieves a fairly fast convergence and finds the optimum known in most of the tests carried out.

References Powered by Scopus

Glowworm swarm optimization for simultaneous capture of multiple local optima of multimodal functions

413Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

A discrete firefly meta-heuristic with local search for makespan minimization in permutation flow shop scheduling problems

273Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

A chaotic firefly algorithm applied to reliability-redundancy optimization

118Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

Cited by Powered by Scopus

Intelligent optimization of curriculum system based on washington accord graduate attribute

3Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

Balancing Academic Curriculum Problem Solution: A Discrete Firefly-Based Approach

1Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

Seeking an optimal solution for a balanced academic curriculum by metaheuristics and functional programming

1Citations
N/AReaders
Get full text

Register to see more suggestions

Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.

Already have an account?

Cite

CITATION STYLE

APA

Rubio, J. M., Vidal-Silva, C. L., Soto, R., Madariaga, E., Johnson, F., & Carter, L. (2019). Applying FireFly Algorithm to solve the problem of balancing curricula. International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 10(1), 68–75. https://doi.org/10.14569/IJACSA.2019.0100108

Readers' Seniority

Tooltip

Professor / Associate Prof. 5

50%

PhD / Post grad / Masters / Doc 4

40%

Lecturer / Post doc 1

10%

Readers' Discipline

Tooltip

Computer Science 10

83%

Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1

8%

Engineering 1

8%

Save time finding and organizing research with Mendeley

Sign up for free