Automata Theory Approach for Nurse Rostering Problem

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tan Zhi Hao Eric ◽  
Hann Yuan Liew ◽  
Keng Hoon Gan
Keyword(s):  
Automata Theory ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Nurse Rostering ◽  
Nurse Rostering Problem

scholarly journals e-Roster policy: Insights and implications of codifying nurse scheduling

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 844-857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G Drake
Keyword(s):  
Common Language ◽  
Nurse Rostering ◽  
Nurse Scheduling ◽  
Codified Knowledge ◽  
Nurse Rostering Problem ◽  
Ward Level ◽  
The Common ◽  
Everyday Interaction ◽  
Executive Level ◽  
Silver Bullet

Following a decade of dissemination, particularly within the British National Health Service, electronic rostering systems were recently endorsed within the Carter Review. However, electronic rostering necessitates the formal codification of the roster process. This research investigates that codification through the lens of the ‘Roster Policy’, a formal document specifying the rules and procedures used to prepare staff rosters. This study is based upon analysis of 27 publicly available policies, each approved within a 4-year period from January 2010 to July 2014. This research finds that, at an executive level, codified knowledge is used as a proxy for the common language and experience otherwise acquired on a ward through everyday interaction, while at ward level, the nurse rostering problem continues to resist all efforts at simplification. Ultimately, it is imperative that executives recognise that electronic rostering is not a silver bullet and that information from such systems requires careful interpretation and circumspection.

scholarly journals A Hybrid Evolutionary Approach to the Nurse Rostering Problem

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 580-590 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruibin Bai ◽  
Edmund K. Burke ◽  
Graham Kendall ◽  
Jingpeng Li ◽  
Barry McCollum
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Approach ◽  
Nurse Rostering ◽  
Nurse Rostering Problem

A review on the workload in the nurse rostering problem

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Hakimi Aiman Ibrahim ◽  
Suriayati Chuprat ◽  
Rabiah Ahmad ◽  
Habibollah Haron ◽  
Nuzulha Khilwani Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Nurse Rostering ◽  
Nurse Rostering Problem

A Language Shift Simulation Based on Cellular Automata

2011 ◽  
pp. 136-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesc S. Beltran ◽  
Salvador Herrando ◽  
Violant Estreder ◽  
Doris Ferreres ◽  
Marc-Antoni Adell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cellular Automata ◽  
Cellular Automaton ◽  
Language Shift ◽  
Automata Theory ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
The World ◽  
Traditional Language

Language extinction is a widespread social phenomenon affecting several million people throughout the world today. By the end of this century, more than 5100 of the approximately 6000 languages currently spoken around the world will have disappeared. This is mainly because of language shifts, i.e., because a community of speakers stops using their traditional language and speaks a new one in all communication settings. In this study, the authors present the properties of a cellular automaton that incorporates some assumptions from the Gaelic-Arvanitika model of language shifts and the findings on the dynamics of social impacts in the field of social psychology. To assess the cellular automaton, the authors incorporate empirical data from Valencia (a region in Southern Europe), where Catalan speakers are tending to shift towards using Spanish. Running the automaton under different scenarios, the survival or extinction of Catalan in Valencia depends on individuals’ engagement with their language. The authors discuss how a cellular automata theory approach proves to be a useful tool for understanding the language shift.

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