Table 10.
Summaries of NRP versions, methods,categories, and data sets
| Method | NRP verssion | Category | Dataset | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local search | weekly shift patterns | Metaheurstics | ORTEC01 | [55] |
| local search/large neighbourhood | INRC-II (static) | Metaheurstics | INRC-II competition datasets (hidden instances) | [52] |
| Column generation | Shift Scheduling | Heurstics | standard benchmark data sets | [56] |
| Harmony search/Great deluge | UKMMC (real world) | Metaheurstics | Malaysia Medical Center data | [57] |
| bat algorithm/particle swarm optimization | radio-logical technologists’ shifts | Heuristics | [53] | |
| Simulated Annealing/MIP | - | Metaheurstic | New generated dataset | [54] |
| Tabu Search | Specific scheduling/ hospital in Canada | Metaheurstics | 5real datasets | [58] |
| Evolutionary algorithm and ABC | Chinese NRP | Metaheurstic | N/A | [59] |
| Great deluge | INRC-I | Metaheurstic | INRC-2010 | [60] |
| Harmony Search Algorithm/Hill climbing | Medical Center of Universiti Kebangsaan | Metaheurstics | real-world NRP | [61] |
| Ant colony/ hill climbing | Malaysian hospital | Metaheurstic | Real data | [62] |
| Harmony search/greedy local search | ORTEC NRP | Metaheurstics | 12 real-world | [63] |
| Haramony search | INRC-I | Metaheurstics | INRC2010 | [64] |
| Greedy algorithm/Simulated Annealin | Malaysia Medical Cente | Heurstics | Real data from UKM medical center | [65] |
| Cyber swarm algorithm | Multi-Objective NRP | Metaheurstic | ZDT | [66] |
| Hyper heurstic | INRC-I | aheurstics | INRC-2010 | [67] |
| Ant colony | weekly schedules in a large U.K. hospita | Metaheurstic | nchmark i | [68] |
| Bee Colony | INRC-I | Metaheurstic | INRC2010 | [45] |
| Harmony search/artificial immune systems t | Metaheurstic | INRC2010 ANROM/INRC-2010 | [69] | |
| Mixed Integer LinearProgramming/Simulated Annealing, | INRC-II(dynamic) | Metaheurstic | N/A | [49] |