This article examines the challenge of personnel scheduling problem by incorporating a labor flexibility approach that integrates annualized hours, multiskilled employees, and overtime within an uncertain demand environment. To address this problem, a two-stage stochastic optimization model is...

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...

The workforce scheduling problem is in general, the problem of determining how many workers must be assigned to each of the planning periods of work time for an organization. In this study the workforce scheduling problem is defined and its general characteristics are presented. The main focus...

Problem definition. Motivated by the debate around drivers' welfare in on-demand transportation, we propose a framework to evaluate current practices and also possible alternatives. We study a setting in which riders seek drivers and a platform facilitates such matches over the course of the...