This paper presents a review of the literature on personnel scheduling problems. Firstly, we
discuss the classification methods in former review papers. Secondly, we evaluate the …

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 …

This paper presents a review and classification of the literature regarding workforce
planning problems incorporating skills. In many cases, technical research regarding …

Optimisation problems in Healthcare have received considerable attention for more than
three decades. More recently, however, with decreasing birth rates in nearly all of the …

Organizations need to focus on many parameters to reach their goals such as personnel
satisfaction at the top level, profit maximization, increasing system efficiency and minimizing …

A common problem at hospitals is the extreme variation in daily (even hourly) workload
pressure for nurses. The operating room is considered to be the main engine and hence the …

This paper is concerned with the development of intelligent decision support methodologies
for nurse rostering problems in large modern hospital environments. We present an …

Personnel rostering has received ample attention in recent years. Due to its social and
economic relevance and due to its intrinsic complexity, it has become a major subject for …

This research addresses a shift scheduling problem in which physicians at a German
university hospital are assigned to demand periods over a planning horizon that can extend …

Nurse scheduling is a critical issue in the management of emergency department. Under the
intense work environment, it is imperative to make quality nurse schedules in a most cost …