Nurse to patient assignment through an analogy with the bin packing problem: Case of a Tunisian hospital

We describe the nurse to patient assignment problem that supports the operational decisions in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of Hedi Chaker Hospital. It implies efficiently assigning patients to...

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