The nurse-scheduling is a common problem in hospitals. The problem requires a timetable considering hospital regulations and nurses' demands and preferences. This study proposes an integrated Lexicographic goal programming and dynamic satisfaction function model for solving nurse-scheduling...

Decentral production control plays a crucial role within the paradigm of Industry 4.0. Due to the fast and flexible decisions on allocation and sequencing required by this type of control, there is no baseline production schedule in advance. This creates a dilemma for efficient staff deployment...

We consider a combined manpower routing and scheduling problem for performing spatially distributed jobs that demand one or more skilled workers. In particular, we investigate how the staffing can be updated for new jobs that occur within the planning horizon. We address this by interday...