Research Article

Directed Bee Colony Optimization Algorithm to Solve the Nurse Rostering Problem

Table 6

Configuration parameter for experimental evaluation.

TypeMethod

Number of bees100
Maximum iterations1000
Initialization techniqueBinary
HeuristicModified Nelder-Mead Method
Termination conditionMaximum iterations
Run20
Reflection coefficient
Expansion coefficient
Contraction coefficient
Shrinkage coefficient