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. 2021 Apr 30;108:107449. doi: 10.1016/j.asoc.2021.107449
Sets:
J Provinces jJ
I Set of patients in the province j, iIj
S Set of services
N Set of nurses in the province j, nNj
D Set of days dD
K Set of shifts kK
Model Parameters:
F Total leave time for patients
tf Waiting time of province for services
ts Duration of activity performed by the nurse
tn Total nursing day per month
L Shift length
P(S,J) Number of provinces that receive service of S
U(J) Number of all patients in each province
AN,J Number of Nursers type N in each province
Decision variables:
Xjib If the patient i is assigned to bed b is 1, otherwise zero.
Qjins If service s is provided to the patient i by nurse n is 1, otherwise zero.
ZNjndk If nurse n is used on day d in shift k is 1, otherwise zero.
d1jn+, d1jn The auxiliary variable of goal programming for nurses’ working days per month
d2ji+, d2ji The auxiliary variable of goal programming for allocating expert nurses to the provinces
d3j+, d1j The auxiliary variable of goal programming for nurse’s allocation to the ICU section
d4jn+, d4jn+ The auxiliary variable of goal programming for nurses’ working hours in each shift