The nurse rostering problem: A critical appraisal of the problem structure

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 379-389

  Glass, Celia A ^a   Knight, Roger A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Integer programming; Nurse rostering

Indexed keywords

BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL APPROACH; MIXED INTEGER; NURSE ROSTERING; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PROBLEM STRUCTURE; ROSTERING; SOLUTION SPACE;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; NURSING;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 70350022261     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.05.046     Document Type: Article

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