A MULTIOBJECTIVE APPROACH TO NURSE SCHEDULING WITH BOTH HARD AND SOFTCONSTRAINTS

Authors
BERRADA I FERLAND JA MICHELON P
Citation
I. Berrada et al., A MULTIOBJECTIVE APPROACH TO NURSE SCHEDULING WITH BOTH HARD AND SOFTCONSTRAINTS, Socio-economic planning sciences, 30(3), 1996, pp. 183-193
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Planning & Development",Economics
Journal title
Socio-economic planning sciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
00380121
Volume
30
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
183 - 193
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-0121(1996)30:3<183:AMATNS>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Solving the nurse scheduling problem properly has a great impact on nu rses' working conditions which are strongly related to the level of qu ality of health care and recruiting of qualified personnel. In this pa per, a multi-objective approach is shown to be a very flexible tool fo r modeling this problem. Hence, it could be used in several specific c ontexts. Three different solution techniques are also summarized. The approach is illustrated with an example, and numerical results are rep orted. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd