This paper investigates an adaptive constructive method for solving nurse rostering problems. The constraints considered in the problems are categorised into three classes: those that are sequence related, those that are nurse schedule related and those that are roster related. We propose a decomposition approach to construct solutions that consists of two stages: 1) to construct high quality s...

this paper gives a new application of dea to evaluate the scheduling solutions of parallel processing. it evaluates the scheduling solutions of parallel processing using the non-convex dea model, fdh model. by introducing each solution of parallel processing scheduling as a dmu with some relevant inputs and outputs this paper shows that how the most efficient schedule(s) can be identified.

preventive maintenance scheduling of generating units is addressed as a long-term scheduling in power system studies aiming to increase the reliability incorporating cost reduction. it consists of knowing which generating units should be shut down for regular safety inspection. in this paper, a new formulation of preventive maintenance scheduling associated with cost reduction index (cri) is pr...

BACKGROUND The number of patients with a diabetes mellitus (DM)-related diagnosis is increasing, yet the number of hospital-based diabetes educators is being reduced. Interest in determining effective ways for staff nurses to deliver diabetes education (DE) is mounting. The purpose of this multi-phase feasibility study was to develop and evaluate the Nurse Education and Transition (NEAT) inpati...

ABSTRACT Objective: to map and validate, together with specialists, actions be performed by the Primary Health Care nurse for continuity of care user, after hospital discharge. Method: validation study qualitative/quantitative approach. The nursing were mapped through two focus groups 11 nurses; one in a Basic Unit 10 Family Strategies municipality Catanduva, SP, Brazil (qualitative stage) comp...

This paper introduces a model for Distributed Employee Timetabling Problems (DisETPs) and proposes a general architecture for solving DisETPs by using a Multi Agent System (MAS) paradigm. The architecture is composed of a set of autonomous software Scheduling Agents (SAs) that solve the Employee Timetabling Problems (ETP) for each department. Each agent has its own local ETP problem and its own...

This thesis presents a PhD research project using a mathematical programming approach to solve a home healthcare problem (HHC) as well as general workforce scheduling and routing problems (WSRPs). In general, the workforce scheduling and routing problem consists of producing a schedule for mobile workers to make visits at different locations in order to perform some tasks. In some cases, visits...

Nurse scheduling is a topic widely studied due to its overall effect on patient care and hospital performance. This research focuses formulating Mixed Integer Programming (MIP) workforce model as nurse rostering problem. The incorporates multiple objectives of individual preference qualification. approached by categorizing nurses into different hierarchical levels based their qualifications pos...

The quality of nursing care services can achieve optimal results if the workload and existing nurse resources have a balanced proportion. Currently, is still unsatisfactory influenced by various problems including planning scheduling staff at each service shift. purpose this study was to identify perception head’s room team leader about shift in Tasikmalaya City Hospital. showed that were mostl...