Research Article

A Goal Programming Approach to Nurse Scheduling with Individual Preference Satisfaction

Table 6

Summary of deviations from the goals of the NSP model for the scenario with busy days.

Nurse iActual total shiftsG1: working shifts balancingG2: preferred shift assignmentsG3: score of preferred day off assignments
Total shiftsSi-STarget% DevTotal preferred shiftsPSi-PSTarget% DevTotal preferred day off scoresPDi-PDTarget% Dev

124222244.6200206.31201223.6
220240244.1191200.993127.3
320240244.1191200.9451258.8
420240244.1173209.7451258.8
524240244.1191200.91201223.6
623240244.1173209.7104123.0
721240244.1200206.31201223.6
822240244.1191200.9102123.0
924240244.1200206.3691238.2
1020231240.3200206.3721227.9
1120222244.6200206.31111213.3
1224222244.61552020.31201223.6
1320222244.61642015.01201223.6
1420231240.3191200.91111213.3
1524222244.6200206.31211223.6
1624222244.6200206.3101123.0
1724222244.6200206.31101213.3
Average3.86.422.5

Dev = percent deviation from the average value.