Nurse scheduling problems (NSPs) are a challenging obstacle that been approached through many different approaches; however, no optimal approach is set due to uniqueness of every problem and level of complexity that depends on the number of constraints and their nature. NSPs is considered as a special case of staff scheduling as nurses provide vital service to their customers whom are patients in this case, NSPs mostly consist of 24 hours, 7 days a week schedules that requires to be distributed among the nurses in manner that prevents coverage drawbacks and maximize fairness. This work presents a developed program that solves the NSP in emergency department. The results of the program found to be satisfying as the program successfully fulfills the constraints conditions.
Development of Automated Schedule Generator for Nurses in Emergency Department
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