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Hi! > Please note that I have no ideas what days my courses will > be next term, although I'll likely be able to compensate > that early in the semester. > > However might it be possible to switch places with the > person before or after me in the schedule, if need arises? I > will be able to notify long in advance. Manually altering the final schedule will quite probably make the result much less optimal, because the constraints by which it is optimised are very, very complex. The computers I use will consider millions of possible schedules and select the best one from these. OTOH, there will certainly be unforeseeable events that make manual changes necessary. New people will want to join, some people notice problems and drop out -- that's life. Just fill in your availability at best knowledge now. Prefer days that are heustically better, and set lower preference on days that might have conflicts. That's all we can do without precise knowledge now. > I'd hate not to participate just because of this... I agree that's the worst solution of the problem, yes. Just edit availability at best knowledge now and don't worry. :-) Bye, Henrik -- ------------------------------ Dr. Henrik Theiling ------------- Tel: +49 681 38360 27 AbsInt Angewandte Informatik GmbH Fax: +49 681 38360 20 Science Park 1 http://www.AbsInt.com/ D-66123 Saarbruecken Encrypted e-mail preferred. Private: http://www.theiling.de/ 0x9E314CA5 FA 1C 02 C9 58 04 57 6E 53 9C DF 94 B4 45 AE 24