Automated Subject Allotment to Faculty in an Academic Institute Using Maxflow Problem

presently, educational organizations are utilizing manual procedures to assign subjects to faculties depending on their own preferences, which gives rise to prejudice and therefore, discontentment. The best approach would be to allocate the most qualified individual to instruct the appropriate course, taking into account their knowledge and experience. Many instructional units rely on manual trial-and-error methods, which are time-consuming, inefficient, and prone to biased judgment. Moreover, the distribution is likely disadvantageous for several academic personnel. This study introduces an automated allocation of subjects to the faculties, taking into account the preferences in an effective way. The subject allocation problem is mapped into a maxflow problem and solved using Edmonds-Karp algorithm. A satisfaction metric can be computed to evaluate the effectiveness of the solution proposed which is average calculated on the distribution of subject as per the choice of faculty.