Automated manpower rostering: Techniques and experience

Abstract

We present R O M A N , a comprehensive, generic manpower rostering toolkit that successfully handles a wide spectrum of work policies found in service organizations. We review the use of various techniques and methodologies in the toolkit that contribute to its robustness and efficiency, and relate experience gained in addressing manpower rostering problems in industry.

A Long Term Initiative in the Development of I.T. Tools for Decision Support

“…We have developed many RSS for organizations in the business logistics industry, including manpower rostering (Khoong et al, 1994b), crew deployment, vehicle scheduling, course timetabling, production planning, shipment delivery planning, and maintenance scheduling tools. We are seeking to generalize these tools as much as possible, and to transfer some core algorithms to the Components Library.…”