Open AccessMulti-Unit Assignment Problem: FCFS Course Allocation System Data Analysis
Author(s) -
Gediminas Murauskas,
Marijus Radavičius
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
lithuanian journal of statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2029-7262
DOI - 10.15388/ljs.2016.13869
Subject(s) - computer science , exploratory data analysis , unit (ring theory) , course (navigation) , exploratory analysis , regression analysis , operations research , machine learning , data science , data mining , mathematics education , engineering , mathematics , aerospace engineering
We study the allocation of courses to students with multi-unit demand. Exploratory analysis of courseallocation practices at Vilnius University (VU) is performed. The allocation of students to courses is done by a simplefirst-come first-served (FCFS) procedure. We show that FCFS procedure does not deliver desirable outcomes. Data withstudent preferences is needed in order to compare assignment algorithms. We use censored regression model to constructstudent preferences generation mechanism based on empirical data collected at VU. Using simulated data several multiunitassignment algorithms are compared.