GradPlanner: A Deployed Multi-Objective Optimization-Based Decision Support Tool for Student Degree Planning and Timely Graduation
GradPlanner is a deployed multi-objective optimization decision-support tool that generates personalized, feasible semester-by-semester degree plans. Using a staged MILP and Chebyshev refinement, it minimizes time to graduation while balancing alignment with the departmental four-year plan and semester difficulty.
Authors
- Kenneth J. Christensen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4170-0521)
- Hadi Charkhgard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5416-6960)
- Molud Esmaili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1679-1595)
Institutions
- University of South Florida (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics
- Published
- 2026-09-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2026.0325
- Primary Topic
- Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00