This paper presents an overview of recent advances for the Nurse Rostering Problem (NRP)
based on methodological papers published between 2012 to 2021. It provides a …

Abstract Throughout its history, Operational Research has evolved to include methods,
models and algorithms that have been applied to a wide range of contexts. This …

The nurse-scheduling is a common problem in hospitals. The problem requires a timetable
considering hospital regulations and nurses' demands and preferences. This study …

Designing high quality nurse rostering plans is essential for health care facilities in order to
guarantee efficiency, safety and quality-of-care balanced with staff well-being. We introduce …

This paper gives an overview of five decades of operational research applied to healthcare,
structured along nine key application domains: personnel scheduling, blood supply chain …

Shared input occurs often when a production system performs two or more functions and
some of the functions share the same input. To determine the proportion of the shared input …

In the last few decades our society has moved to a knowledge society in which continuous
innovation has become more important than ever. Innovation is not the responsibility of R&D …

When large sets of constraints and objectives are combined in a practical optimization
problem, managing all these potentially conflicting goals can become very difficult and might …

Throughout its history, Operational Research has evolved to include a variety of methods,
models and algorithms that have been applied to a diverse and wide range of contexts. This …

In the healthcare sector, undisrupted service is essential for hospitals. Therefore, shift work
plays a vital role in satisfying constraints such as coverage requirements and government …