A hybrid heuristic ordering and variable neighbourhood search for the nurse rostering problem.
Edmund K. BurkeTimothy CurtoisGerhard F. PostRong QuBart VeltmanPublished in: Eur. J. Oper. Res. (2008)
Keyphrases
- variable neighbourhood search
- mathematical programming
- tabu search
- metaheuristic
- combinatorial optimization
- feasible solution
- hybrid metaheuristic
- heuristic methods
- candidate list
- search methods
- constraint propagation
- neural network
- search strategies
- scheduling problem
- vehicle routing problem
- linear programming
- simulated annealing
- genetic algorithm