Abstract
Nurse rostering represents an interesting timetabling problem which
is well known to be challenging from an optimisation perspective. Academic nurse rostering, however, lacks a generally accepted model, and therefore lacks a generally accepted format for sharing data. This paper presents XESTT, a unified model for expressing nurse rostering instances and solutions, based on the XHSTT high school timetabling model. Instances and solutions from several repositories have been converted to XESTT. Its form makes it likely that future instances could be accommodated easily. The use of XHSTT gives access to some useful existing software, including a web server for evaluating solutions, and a free, open-source solver platform.
is well known to be challenging from an optimisation perspective. Academic nurse rostering, however, lacks a generally accepted model, and therefore lacks a generally accepted format for sharing data. This paper presents XESTT, a unified model for expressing nurse rostering instances and solutions, based on the XHSTT high school timetabling model. Instances and solutions from several repositories have been converted to XESTT. Its form makes it likely that future instances could be accommodated easily. The use of XHSTT gives access to some useful existing software, including a web server for evaluating solutions, and a free, open-source solver platform.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | PATAT 2018 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling |
| Editors | Edmund K. Burke, Luca Di Gaspero, Barry McCollum, Nysret Musliu, Ender Özcan |
| Publisher | PATAT |
| Pages | 81-96 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-0-9929984-2-4 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2018 |
| Event | PATAT 2018: 12th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling - TU Wien Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Vienna, Austria Duration: 28 Aug 2018 → 31 Aug 2018 Conference number: 12 http://patatconference.org/patat2018/ |
Conference
| Conference | PATAT 2018 |
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| Abbreviated title | PATAT 2018 |
| Country/Territory | Austria |
| City | Vienna |
| Period | 28/08/18 → 31/08/18 |
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Keywords
- Nurse rostering, Data models, XHSTT, XESTT