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 …

The purpose of this paper is to present a new methodology for scheduling nurses in which
several conflicting factors guide the decision process. Unlike manufacturing facilities where …

In contrast to traditional job-shop scheduling problems, various complex constraints must be
considered in distributed manufacturing environments; therefore, develo** a novel …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The scheduling of nursing staff is a long-standing problem with myriads of research models
published by academia. The exploratory research that we discuss examines the models that …

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 …

This paper addresses a Stochastic Flexible Job-Shop Scheduling Problem (SFJSSP) in the
context of semiconductor manufacturing. Semiconductor industry is among the most capital …

Nurse rostering problems consist of assigning varying tasks, represented as shift types, to
hospital personnel with different skills and work regulations. The goal is to satisfy as many …