Staff Scheduling within the Retail Business in Denmark

Jesper Leedgaard, Kim H. Mortensen, Allan Larsen, Jesper Larsen

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    Abstract

    Staff Scheduling within the retail business deals with the
    assignment of employees such as shop assistants to work tasks so
    that the right number of employees are available at any given times
    and the total staff costs are minimized. In this paper the retail
    staff scheduling problem is formulated as a Mixed Integer Problem.
    The retail staff scheduling problem is solved using the
    metaheuristic {\it Simulated Annealing}. The heuristic is
    implemented by modifying the original MIP model. Some of the
    constraints defined in the MIP are relaxed, entered into the
    objective function and weighted according to their relative
    importance. The problem is then formulated as minimizing the overall
    constraint violation. A thorough parameter test has been applied to
    the developed heuristics. The developed system has successfully been
    implemented in a number of shops and stores in Denmark.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of Nordic MPS 2002
    Publication date2002
    Publication statusPublished - 2002
    EventNordic MPS '02 - Bergen, Norway
    Duration: 1 Jan 2002 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceNordic MPS '02
    CityBergen, Norway
    Period01/01/2002 → …

    Bibliographical note

    ISSN 0333-3590

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