Random Allotment

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In our system we are eliminating Random TAship allotment to the TAs who do not 
fill in their preferences/TAship form on time However in the current system 
such TAs are randomly assigned TAship of any course. 

Random allotment should still be done in our system because: 
1.TAs are limited and decided beforehand and thus if any of them does not fill 
in his/her preferences on time,the only solution to it is Random allotment of 
any course.    

2.TAs are being given time duration to fill in their preferences and nothing 
can be done to satisfy choice/preferences of TAs who still do not adhere to 
this time limit- actually increases complexity of an np-Hard problem. 

We need to either incorporate some feature in our system for not doing Random 
Allotment or otherwise stick to this rule of the current system.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by aditi10...@iiitd.ac.in on 7 Oct 2012 at 9:40

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I absolutely agree with you. But didn't Sureka sir mention that there should 
not be any random allotment in any case! I think we should discuss this with 
Sir and can ask for his inputs regarding this. 

Original comment by akanksha...@iiitd.ac.in on 8 Oct 2012 at 3:42

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@aditi, Akanksha : The Issue with random allotment is that we aren't allotting 
the TAs. 
The Instructors select the TAs from the list of those TAs who've given their 
preferences. If some TA doesn't fill his/her choice, where do you suggest we 
display his/her name. Or do you suggest that the particular TA doesn't show up 
in any list and is assigned a course when there is a deficit?

Original comment by jahnavi1...@iiitd.ac.in on 8 Oct 2012 at 5:14

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Original comment by jahnavi1...@iiitd.ac.in on 8 Oct 2012 at 10:39

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That's something to think about. Perhaps, we can show a list to the admin 
containing a list of all those teaching assistants who haven't given their 
preferences and ask her to mail them separately. 

Original comment by akanksha...@iiitd.ac.in on 10 Nov 2012 at 2:30

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As suggested by Sir,we are not responsible for allocation of those TAs who have 
not filled forms before the deadline. Thus, this is not an issue now.

Original comment by aditi10...@iiitd.ac.in on 27 Nov 2012 at 2:27

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