Staff scheduling and rostering: A review of applications, methods and models
This paper presents a review of staff scheduling and rostering, an area that has become
increasingly important as business becomes more service oriented and cost conscious in a …
increasingly important as business becomes more service oriented and cost conscious in a …
The state of the art of nurse rostering
Nurse rostering is a complex scheduling problem that affects hospital personnel on a daily
basis all over the world. The need for quality software solutions is acute for a number of …
basis all over the world. The need for quality software solutions is acute for a number of …
A hyperheuristic approach to scheduling a sales summit
The concept of a hyperheuristic is introduced as an approach that operates at a higher lever
of abstraction than current metaheuristic approaches. The hyperheuristic manages the …
of abstraction than current metaheuristic approaches. The hyperheuristic manages the …
Genetic algorithms
K Sastry, D Goldberg, G Kendall - Search methodologies: Introductory …, 2005 - Springer
Chapter 4 GENETIC ALGORITHMS Page 1 Chapter 4 GENETIC ALGORITHMS Kumara Sastry,
David Goldberg University of Illinois, USA Graham Kendall University of Nottingham, UK 4.1 …
David Goldberg University of Illinois, USA Graham Kendall University of Nottingham, UK 4.1 …
Nurse rostering problems––a bibliographic survey
Hospitals need to repeatedly produce duty rosters for its nursing staff. The good scheduling
of nurses has impact on the quality of health care, the recruitment of nurses, the …
of nurses has impact on the quality of health care, the recruitment of nurses, the …
A tabu-search hyperheuristic for timetabling and rostering
Hyperheuristics can be defined to be heuristics which choose between heuristics in order to
solve a given optimisation problem. The main motivation behind the development of such …
solve a given optimisation problem. The main motivation behind the development of such …
An annotated bibliography of personnel scheduling and rostering
Computational methods for rostering and personnel scheduling has been a subject of
continued research and commercial interest since the 1950s. This annotated bibliography …
continued research and commercial interest since the 1950s. This annotated bibliography …
A hybrid fix-and-optimize and simulated annealing approaches for nurse rostering problem
AM Turhan, B Bilgen - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Nurse Rostering Problem (NRP) is a complex scheduling problem in which
nurses must be assigned to shifts according to a set of constraints. The NRP is difficult to …
nurses must be assigned to shifts according to a set of constraints. The NRP is difficult to …
A hybrid model of integer programming and variable neighbourhood search for highly-constrained nurse rostering problems
This paper presents a hybrid multi-objective model that combines integer programming (IP)
and variable neighbourhood search (VNS) to deal with highly-constrained nurse rostering …
and variable neighbourhood search (VNS) to deal with highly-constrained nurse rostering …
An ACO algorithm for a dynamic regional nurse-scheduling problem in Austria
WJ Gutjahr, MS Rauner - Computers & Operations Research, 2007 - Elsevier
To the best of our knowledge, this paper describes the first ant colony optimization (ACO)
approach applied to nurse scheduling, analyzing a dynamic regional problem which is …
approach applied to nurse scheduling, analyzing a dynamic regional problem which is …