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A general multi-shift scheduling system

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  • G Laporte

    (HEC Montréal)

  • G Pesant

    (École Polytechnique de Montréal)

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Rotating work schedules are encountered in several industries and public sector organizations where work is carried out 24 h a day, 7 days a week. This article first provides a classification of the main constraint classes governing the design of rotating schedules. A novel constraint programming algorithm is then developed that can handle a wider variety of constraints than other algorithms from the literature. Computational results on several real-life examples confirm the efficiency and robustness of the proposed approach.

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  • G Laporte & G Pesant, 2004. "A general multi-shift scheduling system," Journal of the Operational Research Society, Palgrave Macmillan;The OR Society, vol. 55(11), pages 1208-1217, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:jorsoc:v:55:y:2004:i:11:d:10.1057_palgrave.jors.2601789
    DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601789
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