Republic of the Philippines

SORSOGON STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Information and Communication Technology
Bulan Campus
Zone-8, Bulan, Sorsogon
Tel. No.; 056 311-0103; Email address: cict@sorsu.edu.ph

Capstone Project Initial Concept Paper

IT 324 – Capstone Project 1
2nd Semester A.Y. 2023-2024

Prepared by:
Jerick A.
Navales
Year and Block: BSIT 3-2

Topic/Title:
Digital Bulletin Board for Community Announcements

Motivation or Problem to be solved:

Facilitating efficient and organized communication within a community by

providing a centralized platform for sharing important announcements,
events, and updates.

Short Description:

“Our digital bulletin board offers easy announcement sharing and access,
complete with spam prevention, email alerts, image support and robust
data security”

Features:
1. Announcement Posting
2. Categorization
3. Search Functionality
4. Date and Time Stamp
5. User Authentication
6. Moderation Tools
7. Notification System
8. Responsive Design
9. Commenting or Feedback

Programming Languages to be used:

1. Kotlin or Java (Mobile App)

Target Client:
1. Community Organization
2. Local Governments
3. Education Institutions
4. Event Organizer
 Initial Related System Search

Title: Interactive Community Bulletin Boards as Conversational

Hubs and Sites for Playful Visual Repartee

Author: Elizabeth F. Churchill, Les Nelson

Year: 2007

Features of  Email List Sign-Up

the System:  Publicly Displayed Digital Scribbles Creation
 Persistent Digital Scribbles Display
 Interactive Community Composition and Posting
 Two-Way Interaction Capability
 Interviews with Scribble Creators and Readers
 Description of Textual and Visual Play

Gaps present  Announcement Posting

in the  Categorization
proposed  Date and Time Stamp
topic/title:  User Authentication
 Moderation Tools
 Notification System
 Responsive Design
 Commenting or Feedback

Title: FlierMeet: A Mobile Crowdsensing System for Cross-Space

Public Information Reposting, Tagging and Sharing

Author:
Bin Guo, Huihui Chen, Zhiwen Yu, Xing Xie, Shenglong
Huangfu, Daqing Zhang
Year:
2014
Features of  Cross-space Public Information Reposting
the System:  Tagging and Sharing of Information
 Utilization of Various Contexts for Repost Grouping
 Classification of Reposts into Categories
 Identification of Crowd-object Interaction Hints
 Prediction of Semantic Tags for Reposts
 Evaluation with Participants and Reposts Data

Gaps present  Announcement Posting

in the  Categorization
proposed  Date and Time Stamp
topic/title:  User Authentication
 Moderation Tools
 Notification System
 Responsive Design
 Commenting or Feedback
 Title: Multimedia Fliers: Information Sharing With Digital Community
Bulletin Boards
Author: Elizabeth F. Churchill, Les Nelson, Laurent Denoue

Year:

Features of  Digital Community Poster Boards

the System:  Advertisement Platform
 Communication Hub
 Information Storage and Distribution Infrastructure
 Use and Value Illustration

Gaps present  Announcement Posting

in the  Categorization
proposed  Search Functionality
topic/title:  Date and Time Stamp
 User Authentication
 Moderation Tools
 Notification System
 Responsive Design
 Commenting or Feedback

Title: Zone-it before IT zones you: a location-based digital notice

board to build community while preserving privacy

Author: Koen Stroeken, Annelies Verdoolaege, Mathias Versichele ,

Femke De Backere, Dieter Devos, Stijn Verstichel, Nico Van de
Weghe

Year: 2015

Features of  Fieldwork studies on information sharing.

the System:  Design guidelines derived from observations.
 Introduction of Plasma Posters and infrastructure.
 Summary of evaluation findings.

Gaps present  Announcement Posting

in the  Categorization
proposed  Date and Time Stamp
topic/title:  User Authentication
 Moderation Tools
 Notification System
 Responsive Design
 Commenting or Feedback

Title: Virtual Bulletin Board using Man-Machine

Interface (MMI) for Authorized Users
 Author: P. Selvi Rajendran, L. Rajendran

Year: 2019

Features of  Notice Board

the System:  ntroduction of the Virtual Bulletin Board (VBB) as a
paperless solution for information sharing.
 Implementation of the VBB for university administration
and public announcements.
 Support for existing notice board methods through the
VBB.
 Comparison with other systems like Online
Announcement Displaying System (OADS) and wireless
Digital Notice Board.
 Development of VBB with features for uploading,
approving, and accessing notices by authorized users.
 Integration of Man-Machine Interface (MMI) for gesture-
based interaction with the VBB.
 VBB's ability to operate in both online and offline modes
for wider accessibility.
 Emphasis on the VBB's innovative approach to obtaining
information and its restricted access to authorized users
Gaps present  Announcement Posting
in the  Categorization
proposed  Date and Time Stamp
topic/title:  User Authentication
 Moderation Tools
 Notification System
 Responsive Design
 Commenting or Feedback

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Topic/Title:
School Timetable Scheduling System
Motivation or Problem to be solved:

Aims to efficiently manage and optimize the allocation of resources, such

as classrooms, teachers and students to create balanced and effective
schedules. This System addresses the challenge of manually creating and
updating timetables, which can be the-consuming and prone to errors, by
automating the process to ensure optimal utilization of available reasources
and improve school operations.

Short Description
The “School Timetable Scheduling System” automates the process of
creating class schedule in schools, It saves time, prevents conflicts,
improves communication, optimizes resource utilization, adapts to changes
easily and provides valuable insights for administrators.
Features:
1. Automated Schedule Generation
2. User Authentication
3. Dashboard
4. Class Schedule Management
5. Teacher Schedule Management
6. Room Assignment
7. Student Schedule Access
8. Printable Timetables
9. Notifications

Programming Languages to be used:

1. Kotlin (Mobile App)

Target Client:
1. Colleges and Universities
2. Educational Organizations
3. Training Center
4. Administrativ Personel

Initial Related System Search

Title: Modified Genetic Algorithm for High School TimeTable Scheduling

with Fuzzy Time Window

Author: Ruth Ema Febrita, Wayan Firdaus Mahmudy

Year: 2017

Features of  Genetic Algorithm Optimization

the System:  Hard and Soft Constraints Handling
 Incorporation of Fuzzy Time Window
 Subject-specific Scheduling

Gaps present  User Authentication

in the  Dashboard
proposed  Class Schedule Management
topic/title:  Teacher Schedule Management
 Room Assignment

Title: Constraint-based model design for timetabling

problems in secondary schools

Author: Ana Maria Nogareda, David Camacho

Year: 2015
 Features of * Constraint-Based Model
the System: * Simultaneous Solving of Timetabling and Allocation
* Case-Specific Constraints Satisfaction
* Incorporation of Hard and Soft Constraints
* Complexity Analysis
Gaps present  User Authentication
in the  Dashboard
proposed  Class Schedule Management
topic/title:  Teacher Schedule Management
 Room Assignment
 Student Schedule Access
 Printable Timetables
 Notifications

Title: Design and Implementation of an Automatic examination

Timetable Generation and Invigilation Scheduling System
Using Genetic Algorithm

Author: Abdulaziz Aminu, Wahyu Caesarendra, Umar S Haruna,

Abubakar Sani, Mansur Sa’id, Daniel S Pamungkas,
Sumantri R Kurniawan, Endang Kurniawan

Year: 2019

Features of  Automated Scheduling

the System:  Constraint Management
 Hard and Soft Constraints
 Timetabling Problem
 Non-Deterministic Polynomial Time (NP) Problems
 Optimization Techniques
 Problem Formulation
 Large-Scale Timetabling
 Comparative Analysis
 Data Representation
 Multi-Agent Systems (MAS)
 Agent Platform
 Negotiation Strategy
 Iterated Contract-Net Protocol
 Evaluation Function
 Scenario Analysis

Gaps present  User Authentication

in the  Dashboard
proposed  Class Schedule Management
topic/title:  Teacher Schedule Management
 Room Assignment
 Student Schedule Access
 Printable Timetables
 Notifications
 Title: The design of Multi-Agent System for the solution of school
timetabling problem
Author: Cesar Covantes , Rene Rodrıguez

Year: 2015

Features of  Discusses Timetabling Problem (TTP) in computer

the System: science.
 Explains TTP as a search or optimization problem.
 Describes various methods, including Multi-Agent
Systems (MAS), to solve TTP.
 Mentions constraints related to time, space, and
activities.
 Notes the existence of commercial and free software
solutions for TTP.
 Introduces MAS and its use of multiple agents to achieve
a goal.
 Highlights experimentation with MAS to resolve conflicts
in TTP.
 Metrics include conflicts found, resolved, initiated
protocols, and messages exchanged.
Gaps present  User Authentication
in the  Dashboard
proposed  Class Schedule Management
topic/title:  Teacher Schedule Management
 Room Assignment
 Student Schedule Access
 Printable Timetables
 Notifications

Title: Dynamic Timetable Scheduling with Reverse-flow Technique

in Fuzzy Environment
Author: Yanan Zhang, Zhaopeng Meng, Anca Ralescu

Year: 2017

Features of  Multi-Agent System (MAS):

the System:  Coordination, Cooperation, Behavior, Planning,
Communication.
 Agent Platform (AP) infrastructure.
 Agent Management Reference Model: Agent, Agent
Management System (AMS), Directory Facilitator (DF),
Message Transport Service (MTS).
 Implementation using platforms like JADE.
 Negotiation Strategy Design:
 Three-stage negotiation process

Gaps present  User Authentication

in the  Dashboard
proposed  Class Schedule Management
topic/title:  Teacher Schedule Management
 Room Assignment
 Student Schedule Access
 Printable Timetables
 Notifications