Research Article

An Integrated Approach for Shift Scheduling and Rostering Problems with Break Times for Inbound Call Centers

Table 2

Syntax definitions used in OPL expressions and constraints.

SyntaxDefinition

Integer expression to access the length of an interval.
Constraint used to prevent intervals in a sequence from overlapping.
Constraint used to enforce the presence of intervals.
Constraint used to synchronize the start and end of intervals.
Keyword for stepwise linear functions.