SCHEDULING MEDICAL RESIDENTS TO ROTATIONS - SOLVING THE LARGE-SCALE MULTIPERIOD STAFF ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
FRANZ, LS; MILLER, JL
署名单位：
Clemson University; Clemson University
刊物名称：
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
ISSN/ISSBN：
0030-364X
DOI：
10.1287/opre.41.2.269
发表日期：
1993
页码：
269-279
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摘要：
The resident scheduling problem is a specific case of the multiperiod staff assignment problem where individuals are assigned to a variety of tasks over multiple time periods. As in many staffing and training situations, numerous limitations and requirements may be placed on those assignments. This paper presents a procedure for addressing two major problems inherent in the determination of a solution to this type of problem: infeasibilities that naturally occur in the scheduling environment but are obscured by complexity; and the intractable nature of large-scale models with this structure. The procedure developed describes a systematic approach that allows decision makers to resolve system-inherent infeasibilities, and a heuristic based on rounding to develop good feasible solutions to the model. The procedure is illustrated via a case example of resident assignments for teaching and training modules in a university affiliated teaching hospital.