Second International Nurse Rostering Competition (INRC-II) --- Problem Description and Rules ---
It addresses nurse scheduling challenges for healthcare organizations, but is incremental as it builds on an existing competition framework.
The paper describes the problem formulation, infrastructure, and rules for the Second International Nurse Rostering Competition (INRC-II), which introduces a multi-stage procedure compared to the previous version.
In this paper, we provide all information to participate to the Second International Nurse Rostering Competition (INRC-II). First, we describe the problem formulation, which, differently from INRC-I, is a multi-stage procedure. Second, we illustrate all the necessary infrastructure do be used together with the participant's solver, including the testbed, the file formats, and the validation/simulation tools. Finally, we state the rules of the competition. All update-to-date information about the competition is available at http://mobiz.vives.be/inrc2/.