| Article ID: | iaor20043118 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 151 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 447 |
| End Page Number: | 460 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2003 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Lim Andrew, Cheang B., Rodrigues B. |
Hospitals need to repeatedly product duty rosters for its nursing staff. The good scheduling of nurses has impact on the quality of health care, the recruitment of nurses, the development of budgets and other nursing functions. The nurse rostering problem (NRP) has been the subject of much study. This paper presents a brief overview, in the form of a bibliographic survey, of the many models and methodologies available to solve the NRP.