title: Optimizing staff scheduling by Monte-Carlo simulation.
abstract: DOCS is a computer program which generates the staff schedule. An accounting framework is combined with an optimization technique that searches for a schedule in which all accounts are simultaneously in balance. The search is accomplished using a Monte-Carlo process which shuffles staff within the schedule. The shuffling is biased according to each staffer's account balance: the staffer who owes the most is most likely to be scheduled.
authors: Acme Express Inc, Cleveland, OH.
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authors: D
authors: Scipione
authors: V
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authors: Zavadsky
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authors: Dong
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Scipione
authors: F
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authors: Sullivan
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authors: Betlach
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authors: Coker
authors: J
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authors: Scipione
authors: J
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authors: Cook
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authors: Scipione
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D010562:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling Information Systems; D012984:Software