Healthcare Staff Scheduling

"This book has applied emerging optimization approaches, such as the simulated metamorphosis algorithm and the fuzzy grouping genetic algorithm, for solving homecare personnel scheduling problems which are very complex. The book will be an asset to the homecare sector for solving their scheduling problems." -Professor Godfrey Onwubolu, Sheridan Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning, Brampton, Canada "The book provides a definitive guide on fuzzy metaheuristic approaches, which is a welcome development for researchers in the area. Biologically inspired metaheuristics have been proven to offer some of the best solution methods to solving hard combinatorial problems. This book extends the utility of the approaches by combining them with fuzzy theory concepts, which allows them to more efficiently handle problems characterized by imprecision, fuzziness and vagueness." -Dr Herbert Mapfaira, University of Botswana