| Article ID: | iaor20023169 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 7 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 391 |
| End Page Number: | 413 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2001 |
| Journal: | Journal of Heuristics |
| Authors: | Ferland Jacques A., Michelon Philippe, Gascon Viviane, Berrada Ilham, Nabli Imene, Ahiod B., Gagn ric |
| Keywords: | health services, programming: goal |
The notion of the Generalized Assignment Type Goal Programming Problem is introduced to consider the additional side constraints of an Assignment Type problem as goal functions. A short term Tabu Search method together with diversification strategies are used to deal with this model. The methods are tested on real-world Nurse Scheduling Problems.