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It isn't a big deal.  I was just curious. 

My administration wants to change our scheduling format for next year and are afraid that a complex schedule will be hard to implement.

I have been running models using this year's enrollment numbers and I thought I could go back to the administration and say something like "this program is trying over xxxx permutations in yyy minutes compared to you sitting there with chalk and a blackboard for 2 weeks and still not getting an solution"

Thanks for your response.

Hi All,

I couldn't find in the documentation if there is a way to see how many iterations or permutations were actually attempted before a solution was found.  It could be right in front of me and I don't see it so please excuse me if is should be obvious.

David

Thank.  I am going to try both ways to see what is better.

I am still learning the basics.  I think I am going to have a lot of questions:(

David

Thank you very much.

David

Thanks everyone,

How do I access the split year feature?  I can't seem to find anything like that. 

Thanks again,
David

Thank you. That makes a little more sense.
I can import the data.  I'll give it try with some fake data.

Hi All,

Thanks for all the help you are about to provide:)

I have been playing aorund with FET for about a week trying to figure things out but am still very confused by the terminology.  I am investigating whether this will work for a US High School. 

It may not be able to do what I am trying to do.

I will start with what I am trying with an small example.
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Lets say I have 60 students in a year that all have to take algebra 1.  We limit the class size to 24 students so I need at least 3 sections.  I want them to have the same teacher in the same room.  Based on that they need to be at different times.

I set that up by having the 60 students each by a subgroup and made three groups of 20.  I then made three activities for the three sections of Algebra, all in the same room and same teacher.  I generated a timetable no problem.  I added some time constraints and again, no problem.

No those same 60 studnets need to take a language, 30 chose Spanish and 30 chose Mandarin.  I can make two Spanish classes (activities) and two Mandarin classes (activities). Do I need to regroup the students according to language?  What if I add another course where they have a choice of two or three different courses.  Do I need to keep making smaller groups of students with common courses?

Is there some way to FET figure this out or am I asking too much?

Thanks,
David