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dc.contributor.authorBeyrouthy, Camilleen_UK
dc.contributor.authorBurke, Edmunden_UK
dc.contributor.authorLanda Silva, J Darioen_UK
dc.contributor.authorMcCollum, Barryen_UK
dc.contributor.authorMcMullan, Paulen_UK
dc.contributor.authorParkes, Andrew Jen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-15T00:09:28Z-
dc.date.available2018-02-15T00:09:28Zen_UK
dc.date.issued2009en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/15846-
dc.description.abstractThere is a perception that teaching space in universities is a rather scarce resource. However, some studies have revealed that in many institutions it is actually chronically under-used. Often, rooms are occupied only half the time, and even when in use they are often only half full. This is usually measured by the ‘utilization' which is defined as the percentage of available ‘seat-hours' that are employed. Within real institutions, studies have shown that this utilization can often take values as low as 20-40%. One consequence of such a low level of utilization is that space managers are under pressure to make more efficient use of the available teaching space. However, better management is hampered because there does not appear to be a good understanding within space management (near-term planning) of why this happens. This is accompanied, within space planning (long-term planning) by a lack of expertise on how best to accommodate the expected low utilizations. This motivates our two main goals: (i) To understand the factors that drive down utilizations, (ii) To set up methods to provide better space planning. Here, we provide quantitative evidence that constraints arising from timetabling and location requirements easily have the potential to explain the low utilizations seen in reality. Furthermore, on considering the decision question ‘Can this given set of courses all be allocated in the available teaching space?' we find that the answer depends on the associated utilization in a way that exhibits threshold behaviour: There is a sharp division between regions in which the answer is ‘almost always yes' and those of ‘almost always no'. Through analysis and understanding of the space of potential solutions, our work suggests that better use of space within universities will come about through an understanding of the effects of timetabling constraints and when it is statistically likely that it will be possible for a set of courses to be allocated to a particular space. The results presented here provide a firm foundation for university managers to take decisions on how space should be managed and planned for more effectively. Our multicriteria approach and new methodology together provide new insight into the interaction between the course timetabling problem and the crucial issue of space planning.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherPalgrave Macmillanen_UK
dc.relationBeyrouthy C, Burke E, Landa Silva JD, McCollum B, McMullan P & Parkes AJ (2009) Towards improving the utilization of university teaching space. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 60 (1), pp. 130-143. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602523en_UK
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dc.subjectcourse timetablingen_UK
dc.subjectmulti-objectiveen_UK
dc.subjectUniversities and colleges Managementen_UK
dc.subjectSchedulingen_UK
dc.subjectSpaceen_UK
dc.titleTowards improving the utilization of university teaching spaceen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargodate3000-12-01en_UK
dc.rights.embargoreason[Towards improving the utilization of university teaching space.pdf] The publisher does not allow this work to be made publicly available in this Repository therefore there is an embargo on the full text of the work.en_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602523en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleJournal of the Operational Research Societyen_UK
dc.citation.issn1476-9360en_UK
dc.citation.issn0160-5682en_UK
dc.citation.volume60en_UK
dc.citation.issue1en_UK
dc.citation.spage130en_UK
dc.citation.epage143en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emaile.k.burke@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nottinghamen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationComputing Science and Mathematics - Divisionen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nottinghamen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationQueen's University Belfasten_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationQueen's University Belfasten_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Nottinghamen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000261718500014en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-57649158246en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid693719en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2009-12-31en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2013-07-10en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
rioxxterms.versionVoRen_UK
local.rioxx.authorBeyrouthy, Camille|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorBurke, Edmund|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorLanda Silva, J Dario|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorMcCollum, Barry|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorMcMullan, Paul|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorParkes, Andrew J|en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
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local.rioxx.filenameTowards improving the utilization of university teaching space.pdfen_UK
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