The state of the art of nurse rostering

Journal of Scheduling

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 441-499

  Burke, Edmund K ^a   De Causmaecker, Patrick ^b   Berghe, Greet Vanden ^b   Van Landeghem, Hendrik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ODISEE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hospital personnel scheduling; Nurse rostering

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; JOB ANALYSIS; NURSING; PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

HOSPITAL PERSONNEL SCHEDULING; NURSE ROSTERING; STAFFING;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 7544246336     PISSN: 10946136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOSH.0000046076.75950.0b     Document Type: Article

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