Modelling a Nurse Shift Schedule with Multiple Preference Ranks for Shifts and Days-Off

When it comes to nurse shift schedules, it is found that the nursing staff have diverse preferences about shift rotations and days-off. The previous studies only focused on the most preferred work shift and the number of satisfactory days-off of the schedule at the current schedule period but had fe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chun-Cheng Lin, Jia-Rong Kang, Wan-Yu Liu, Der-Jiunn Deng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/937842