Approach to Making a School Timetable Generator in Python

Intro to Machine Learning (2018)
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I am trying to make a Timetable Generator for my school, preferably in python, or other Database languages. Can anyone guide on the way to achieve this? What must be used to tackle a problem with such levels of comparisons and logic?

Here is what I have read in other problems and answers to this

  1. Machine Learning
  2. Using a Relational Database with MySQL
  3. Using classes in python and going with the OOP approach

but I don’t find anything that could be a clear approach. I only need a guide to help, and am a beginner in python, but ready to learn any concept that might be necessary.

Any sort of help or guidance is extremely appreciated and needed. Thanks.

Trainer for Machine Learning Course.

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Could you give me an small example of what your raw data looks like? And how you’d like it to be processed?

Anecdotally, I’ve found that pandas :panda_face: are quite helpful when it comes to not-very-large schedules. So what scale does your application require?

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Scheduling in general is an optimization problem. I think you are not on the right track. You should check TSP+GA for a start. Evolutionary algorithms or LP in general applied to planning.