Modelling a Nurse Shift Schedule with Multiple Preference Ranks for Shifts and Days-Off
Joint Authors
Liu, Wan-Yu
Deng, Der-Jiunn
Kang, Jia-Rong
Lin, Chun-Cheng
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-03-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
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 few discussions on the previous schedule periods and other preference levels for shifts and days-off, which may affect fairness of shift schedules.
As a result, this paper proposes a nurse scheduling model based upon integer programming that takes into account constraints of the schedule, different preference ranks towards each shift, and the historical data of previous schedule periods to maximize the satisfaction of all the nursing staff's preferences about the shift schedule.
The main contribution of the proposed model is that we consider that the nursing staff’s satisfaction level is affected by multiple preference ranks and their priority ordering to be scheduled, so that the quality of the generated shift schedule is more reasonable.
Numerical results show that the planned shifts and days-off are fair and successfully meet the preferences of all the nursing staff.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lin, Chun-Cheng& Kang, Jia-Rong& Liu, Wan-Yu& Deng, Der-Jiunn. 2014. Modelling a Nurse Shift Schedule with Multiple Preference Ranks for Shifts and Days-Off. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-509697
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lin, Chun-Cheng…[et al.]. Modelling a Nurse Shift Schedule with Multiple Preference Ranks for Shifts and Days-Off. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-509697
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lin, Chun-Cheng& Kang, Jia-Rong& Liu, Wan-Yu& Deng, Der-Jiunn. Modelling a Nurse Shift Schedule with Multiple Preference Ranks for Shifts and Days-Off. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-509697
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-509697