Modelling a Nurse Shift Schedule with Multiple Preference Ranks for Shifts and Days-Off

Table 5

The resultant schedule for shifts.

Staff	Number of shifts
	Day shift	Evening shift	Night shift
1	0	1 (normal)	0
2	0	1	0
3	1	0	0
4	1	0	0
5	0	1 (normal)	0
6	1	0	0
7	0	1	0
8	0	1	0
9	0	0	1  (bad)
10	0	0	1  (bad)
11	1	0	0
12	1	0	0
13	0	0	1  (bad)
14	0	0	1  (bad)
15	1	0	0
16	1	0	0
17	0	1	0
18	1	0	0
19	0	1 (normal)	0
20	0	0	1