| Article ID: | iaor200970880 |
| Country: | France |
| Volume: | 43 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 409 |
| End Page Number: | 420 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2009 |
| Journal: | RAIRO Operations Research |
| Authors: | Hurkens Cor A J |
| Keywords: | personnel & manpower planning, programming: integer |
Linear programming techniques can be used in constructing schedules but their application is not trivial. This in particular holds true if a trade-off has to be made between computation time and solution quality. However, it turns out that – when handled with care – mixed integer linear programs may provide effective tools. This is demonstrated in the successful approach to the benchmark constructed for the 2007 ROADEF computation challenge on scheduling problems furnished by France Telecom.