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Method and Apparatus for Queue-Based Automated Staff Scheduling

a technology of automated staff scheduling and queues, applied in the direction of instruments, etc., can solve the problems of difficult to build a general purpose computer program that can automate employee scheduling, inability to manually achieve a good schedule, and rarely static scheduling rules and preferences

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-12-11
VAJRACHARYA SUVAS +2
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The choice of a particular individual for a given assignment on a given day is generally subject to several constraints imposed by institutional scheduling policies and individual / group preferences.
In many cases, it is infeasible to achieve a good schedule manually.
Furthermore, the scheduling rules and preferences are rarely static.
These problems also make it difficult to build a general purpose computer program that can automate employee scheduling.

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[0019]The invention disclosed herein provides a queue-based scheduling system, which comprises an automated staff scheduling computer program that is highly flexible in enforcing scheduling rules. This flexibility comes from the ability to:

[0020]1. Define conditional and unconditional rules;

[0021]2. Rank the rules / requests in varying priority as represented by a numeric value assigned to each rule / request; and

[0022]3. Specify rules both per individual and per group.

[0023]These three abilities synergistically produce an automatic scheduling system that can enforce a wide variety of scheduling rules and requirements seen in actual staff scheduling situations. Furthermore, all these abilities rely on using a queue per scheduled assignment to hold requests and rules.

[0024]The scheduling process using the said automated staff scheduling system can be summarized in the following steps:

[0025]1. Collect requests and rules using a graphical user-interface.

[0026]2. Determine the scheduling pe...

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Abstract

The invention disclosed herein provides a queue-based scheduling system, which comprises an automated staff scheduling computer program that is highly flexible in enforcing scheduling rules. This flexibility comes from the ability to: (1) Define conditional and unconditional rules; (2) Rank the rules / requests in varying priority as represented by a numeric value assigned to each rule / request; and (3) Specify rules both per individual and per group. These three abilities synergistically produce an automatic scheduling system that can enforce a wide variety of scheduling rules and requirements seen in actual staff scheduling situations. Furthermore, all these abilities rely on using a queue per scheduled assignment to hold requests and rules.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Technical Field[0002]This invention relates to automation of staff or employee scheduling. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and apparatus for queue-based automated staff scheduling.[0003]2. Description of the Prior Art[0004]Staff scheduling is the process of matching a list of employees with a list of shifts or assignments (hereafter referred to as “assignments”) for a specified date range. The choice of a particular individual for a given assignment on a given day is generally subject to several constraints imposed by institutional scheduling policies and individual / group preferences. Scheduling a large task force in the presence of large number of such constraints, makes manual scheduling a daunting task. In many cases, it is infeasible to achieve a good schedule manually. Furthermore, the scheduling rules and preferences are rarely static. There are often exceptions to the scheduling rules and preferences based on various sc...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06Q10/00
CPCG06Q10/00G06Q10/063112G06Q10/063116G06Q10/0635G06Q10/109G06Q10/1097
Inventor VAJRACHARYA, SUVASSETIAWAN, DAVIDTJAHJONO, ROBBY
Owner VAJRACHARYA SUVAS
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