One common problem at hospitals is the extreme variation in daily (even hourly) workload pressure for nurses. The operating room is considered to be the main engine and hence the main generator of variance in the hospital. It is our believe that integrating the operation room scheduling process...

This paper presents and compares two different solution approaches to optimize the glass collection process at a single intermunicipal authority in Belgium. First, a model enhancement approach is proposed to solve a shift scheduling optimization problem integrating the construction of glass...

This paper presents our application of a visualization tool and optimization model based on mixed-integer linear programming to solve a workforce staffing and scheduling problem at Sabena Technics, a major aircraft maintenance company in Belgium. We used the software to generate many...