Optimizing Schedule of Boarding School Using Vertex and Edge Coloring Approach:
A Case Study of Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abdul Halim, Jitra, Kedah
Abstract
Soft skills like time management, teamwork and effective
communication are highly important nowadays. But, many students
are still lack of knowledge regarding all these skills. It is because,
students are too much concerned with academic excellence until they
neglect the mastery of the skills that they should have. This study
focused on one of the boarding schools in Malaysia located in Kedah
known as Sekolah Menengah Sultan Abdul Halim (SMSAH). The aim
was to increase the awareness of the importance of soft skills within
themselves. The important of this study in order to achieve this goal is
to optimize the school schedule using the Graph Coloring method. In
this study, two approaches have been used under the Graph Coloring
method which are Vertex and Edge Coloring. Greedy Algorithm has
been used to solve the Vertex Coloring approach while Graph Coloring
Algorithm has been used to solve the Edge Coloring approach. The
algorithm that produced the lowest minimum color will be selected for
implementing the schedule of the boarding school. The result has
shown that the Greedy Algorithm has succeeded to produce the very
minimal color for the boarding school scheduling.
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