A decision support system (DSS) for nurse scheduling in hospitals is developed and implemented on microcomputer. The system includes algorithms and databases for developing weekly work and shift patterns and combining these into working schedules for nurses for a specified time horizon, and interface modules for the user to interact with the system. The system combines heuristic modeling with decision analysis concepts to generate nurse schedules. A heuristic best-first search technique is used in implementing pattern generation and screening process to satisfy both nurses and hospital's objectives. Emphasis in the design of the DSS has been on computational efficiency and user acceptability. The system is flexible so that it can be implemented in different hospital environments, and incorporates a wide range of hospital and nurses' objectives. / Graduation date: 1992

An experimental investigation of factors effecting scheduling a system of parallel, non-identical processors using a series of experimental designs was carried out. System variables included were processor capacities relationships, sequencing and assignment rules, job size, and product demand distributions. The effect of the variables was measured by comparing mean flow times, proportion of jobs tardy, and processor utilization spread. Results of the study found that system loading and set-up times play a major role in system performance. Grouping jobs by product will minimize set-up times and hence mean flow time and tardiness at the expense of controlling individual processor usage. Factors involving processor capacities and assignment rules tend to have no affect on any of the system performance measures. Variability in job size and product demand tended to give flexibility in controlling individual processor utilization. / Graduation date: 1993

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 54).

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, June, 2007. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, June, 1999. / Title from PDF t.p.

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, Dept. of Computer Science, 1999. / Bibliography: leaves 211-234.

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2008. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 119-125).

Thesis (M.Eng.) - Carleton University, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-133). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, November, 1996. / Title from PDF t.p.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, November, 1996. / Title from PDF t.p.