Novel heuristic and metaheuristic approaches to the automated scheduling of healthcare personnelTools Curtois, Timothy (2008) Novel heuristic and metaheuristic approaches to the automated scheduling of healthcare personnel. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham.
AbstractThis thesis is concerned with automated personnel scheduling in healthcare organisations; in particular, nurse rostering. Over the past forty years the nurse rostering problem has received a large amount of research. This can be mostly attributed to its practical applications and the scientific challenges of solving such a complex problem. The benefits of automating the rostering process include reducing the planner’s workload and associated costs and being able to create higher quality and more flexible schedules. This has become more important recently in order to retain nurses and attract more people into the profession. Better quality rosters also reduce fatigue and stress due to overwork and poor scheduling and help to maximise the use of leisure time by satisfying more requests. A more contented workforce will lead to higher productivity, increased quality of patient service and a better level of healthcare.
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