Research Article

Scheduling Emergency Physicians Based on a Multiobjective Programming Approach: A Case Study of West China Hospital of Sichuan University

Table 9

Comparison of the soft constraints with scheduling results.

Soft constraintsResults of the scheduling table

Two consecutive night shifts0
Three consecutive night shifts0
Three consecutive day shifts0
Four consecutive day shifts0
Three consecutive upper half of strengthen shifts0
Four consecutive upper half of strengthen shifts0
Three consecutive lower half of strengthen shifts0
Four consecutive lower half of strengthen shifts0
Doctors who do not have rest days at weekends0
Doctors whose expected rest days do not meet0
The doctor group whose total monthly work shifts are not equal to 180