A Goal Programming Approach to Nurse Scheduling with Individual Preference Satisfaction

Table 7

Comparison among the manual and optimal nurse schedules.

	G1: no. of working shifts balancing		G2: no. of preferred shift assignments		G3: score of preferred day off assignments
	Average	STD	Average	STD	Average	STD
Manual	22	1.84	—	—	—	—
Normal capacity	23.06	0.64	19.17	1.24	11.32	0.68
Extended capacity	23.8	0.4	19.75	0.89	11.15	1.06
Higher demand for experienced nurses	23.04	0.94	18.82	1.60	9.70	2.78

STD = standard deviation.