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 …

Harmony search algorithm is the recently developed metaheuristic in the last decade. It
mimics the behavior of a musician producing a perfect harmony. It has been used to solve …

Scheduling problems have been investigated since the late fifties. Two types of applications
have mainly motivated research in this area: project planning and machine scheduling …

Abstract The field of “Sustainable Operations” and the term itself have arisen only in the last
ten to twenty years in the context of sustainable development. Even though the term is …

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 …

This paper deals with a real-life healthcare problem derived from the Non-Emergency
Ambulance Transfer Service for Hong Kong public hospitals which provides transportation …

Home health care services play a crucial role in reducing the hospitalization costs due to the
increase of chronic diseases of elderly people. At the same time, they allow us to improve …

The business environment is increasingly complex and competitive so organizations must
respond to different market conditions by reconfiguring their processes, products and …

Harmony search algorithm (HSA) is a relatively new nature-inspired algorithm. It evolves
solutions in the problem search space by mimicking the musical improvisation process in …

In this paper, we propose optimization models to address flexible staff scheduling problems
and some main issues arising from efficient workforce management during the Covid-19 …