DOI: 10.1287/inte.2026.0325 ISSN: 2644-0865
GradPlanner: A Deployed Multi-Objective Optimization-Based Decision Support Tool for Student Degree Planning and Timely Graduation
Molud Esmaili, Hadi Charkhgard, Ken ChristensenGradPlanner 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.