我要吃瓜

Conference Paper (published)

A hybrid tabu search algorithm for the nurse rostering problem

Details

Citation

Burke E, De Causmaecker P & Vanden Berghe G (1999) A hybrid tabu search algorithm for the nurse rostering problem. In: McKay B, Yao X, Newton C, Kim J & Furuhashi T (eds.) Simulated Evolution and Learning: Second Asia-Pacific Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning, SEAL’98 Canberra, Australia, November 24–27, 1998 Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 1585. Second Asia-Pacific Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning, SEAL’98, Canberra, Australia, 24.11.1998-27.11.1998. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, pp. 187-194. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F3-540-48873-1_25; https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48873-1_25

Abstract
This paper deals with the problem of nurse rostering in Belgian hospitals. This is a highly constrained real world problem that was (until the results of this research were applied) tackled manually. The problem basically concerns the assignment of duties to a set of people with different qualifications, work regulations and preferences. Constraint programming and linear programming techniques can produce feasible solutions for this problem. However, the reality in Belgian hospitals forced us to use heuristics to deal with the over constrained schedules. An important reason for this decision is the calculation time, which the users prefer to reduce. The algorithms presented in this paper are a commercial nurse rostering product developed for the Belgian hospital market, entitled Plane.

Keywords
nurse rostering; personnel scheduling; tabu search

StatusPublished
Title of seriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Number in series1585
Publication date31/12/1999
Publication date online30/11/1998
PublisherSpringer
Publisher URL
Place of publicationBerlin Heidelberg
ISSN of series0302-9743
ISBN978-3-540-65907-5
ConferenceSecond Asia-Pacific Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning, SEAL’98
Conference locationCanberra, Australia
Dates