Flexible shift scheduling of physicians

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 285-305

  Brunner, Jens O ^a   Bard, Jonathan F ^b   Kolisch, Rainer ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Integer programming; Physicians; Rostering; Shift scheduling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL STAFF; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 70349310431     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-008-9095-2     Document Type: Article

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