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Nurse Scheduling by Fuzzy Goal Programming

In: New Developments in Multiple Objective and Goal Programming

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  • Mehrdad Tamiz
  • Mohammed Ali Yaghoobi

    (Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman)

Abstract

This paper develops a fuzzy goal programming model to plan and allocate nurses to hospital wards. It is applied to a hospital ward in Kerman, Iran. The monthly schedule developed by the proposed model takes into account both hospital objectives and nurses’ preferences. First, the nurses’ preferences are obtained via a questionnaire. Then, the objectives and the nurses’ preferences are divided into two major parts in the proposed model: hard constraints and fuzzy goals. The resulting schedule, by solving the proposed model, is implemented and is much preferred to the current schedule. Moreover, the proposed model is easily applicable, takes a short time to solve, and can be extended to include other objectives or preferences.

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  • Mehrdad Tamiz & Mohammed Ali Yaghoobi, 2010. "Nurse Scheduling by Fuzzy Goal Programming," Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, in: Dylan Jones & Mehrdad Tamiz & Jana Ries (ed.), New Developments in Multiple Objective and Goal Programming, pages 151-163, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:lnechp:978-3-642-10354-4_11
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10354-4_11
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    Cited by:

    1. Falasca, Mauro & Zobel, Christopher, 2012. "An optimization model for volunteer assignments in humanitarian organizations," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 46(4), pages 250-260.
    2. Şeyda Gür & Tamer Eren, 2018. "Scheduling and Planning in Service Systems with Goal Programming: Literature Review," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 6(11), pages 1-16, November.

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