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An indirect genetic algorithm for a nurse-scheduling problem

Uwe Aickelin, +1 more
- 20 Apr 2004 - 
- Vol. 31, Iss: 5, pp 761-778
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This paper describes a Genetic Algorithms approach to a manpower-scheduling problem arising at a major UK hospital that is able to find high quality solutions and is both faster and more flexible than a recently published Tabu Search approach.
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This article is published in Computers & Operations Research.The article was published on 2004-04-20 and is currently open access. It has received 360 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Crossover & Nurse scheduling problem.

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Multi-objective Nurse Scheduling Models with Patient Workload and Nurse Preferences

TL;DR: Results show that considering patient workload in the optimization models can make positive impacts in nurse scheduling by keeping higher nurse job satisfaction and min imizing unsatisfied patient workloads.

Solving Combinatorial Optimization Problems Using Genetic Algorithms and Ant Colony Optimization

TL;DR: An approach that utilizes a genetic algorithm and discrete event simulation to solve the physician scheduling problem in a hospital is proposed and is tested on real world datasets for physician schedules.
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Modelling a nurse shift schedule with multiple preference ranks for shifts and days-off

TL;DR: A nurse scheduling model based upon integer programming that takes into account constraints of the schedule, different preference ranks towards each shift, and the historical data of previous schedule periods to maximize the satisfaction of all the nursing staff's preferences about the shift schedule is proposed.
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Nurse scheduling using binary fuzzy goal programming

TL;DR: A multi objective integer programming model for NSP is proposed and then based on this model, Chang' binary fuzzy goal programming approach is applied to the problem.
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Genetic algorithms in search, optimization, and machine learning

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