The RaPID-OMEGA system: Room and Proctor Intelligent Decider for large scale tests programming

Abstract

We present the mathematical modeling for the problem of choosing rooms and proctoring crews for massive tests, together with its implementation as the open-box system RaPID-Omega. The mathematical model is a binary integer programming problem: a combination of the 0-1 Knapsack problem and the job-assignment problem. The model makes decisions according the following criteria in order of priority: minimization of labor-hours, maximization of equity in the distribution of duties and maximization of the proctoring quality. The software is a digital solution for the aforementioned problem, which is a common need in educational institutions offering large, coordinated, lower-division courses. The system can be downloaded from \url{https://sites.google.com/a/unal.edu.co/fernando-a-morales-j/home/research/software}