A pragmatic algorithm approach to develop course timetable web application based on cloud technology

University Course Timetabling Problem (UCTP) is common problem on high school and university. This problem is already solved by numerous method such as genetic algorithm, reinforcement learning algorithm, ant colony algorithm, or combination between them. Although the algorithms solved the timetabling problem, the previous researches limited discuss the pseudocode implementation only. This research shows the pragmatic approach implementation to solve UCTP by considering real implementation on the cloud and user acceptance for the result. Thus, this article will provide reader how to implement pragmatic algorithm on the web application technology. This article also proposed an alternative approach to generate course timetabling using high level programming language on the web. This approach allows the generation of timetabling can be completed in a few minutes compared to a manual approach that took three business days.

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