An intelligent optimization strategy for medical doctor rostering using hybrid genetic algorithm-particle swarm optimization in Malaysian public hospital

Comparing manual rostering to automated rostering reveals that manual rostering is typically more challenging, time-consuming, and exhausting for doctors, particularly due to shifting business regulations, a shortage of healthcare professionals, and heavy workloads. During rostering, it is essential...

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Main Authors: Zanariah, Zainudin, Shafaatunnur, Hasan, Nurfazrina, Mohd Zamry, Nor‘Afifah, Sabri, Nurul Syafidah, Jamil, Norliana, Muslim, Nur Amalina, Mat Jan, Noraini, Ibrahim
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http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/44033/1/An%20intelligent%20optimization%20strategy%20for%20medical%20doctor.pdf
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author Zanariah, Zainudin
Shafaatunnur, Hasan
Nurfazrina, Mohd Zamry
Nor‘Afifah, Sabri
Nurul Syafidah, Jamil
Norliana, Muslim
Nur Amalina, Mat Jan
Noraini, Ibrahim
author_facet Zanariah, Zainudin
Shafaatunnur, Hasan
Nurfazrina, Mohd Zamry
Nor‘Afifah, Sabri
Nurul Syafidah, Jamil
Norliana, Muslim
Nur Amalina, Mat Jan
Noraini, Ibrahim
author_sort Zanariah, Zainudin
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description Comparing manual rostering to automated rostering reveals that manual rostering is typically more challenging, time-consuming, and exhausting for doctors, particularly due to shifting business regulations, a shortage of healthcare professionals, and heavy workloads. During rostering, it is essential to consider both hard and soft constraints to minimize constraint violations, maximize medical doctor satisfaction, and meet all requirements for hard constraints. To address these challenges, this paper proposes Hybrid Genetic Algorithm and Particle Swarm Optimization (Hybrid GA-PSO) to model rostering. In this approach, one set population of working days represents the rostering structure, which is determined using evolutionary-inspired operators, search, and update procedures. Additionally, the paper conducts observations and interviews with relevant personnel in a Malaysian hospital to gather insights and highlight constraints associated with medical doctors rostering. Rostering requirements determine the relative importance of the hard and soft constraints. The results of the research indicate that the Hybrid GA-PSO approach can produce workable rosters that reduce the workload of physicians and shorten the time needed to create rosters by the total violation of both soft and hard constraints and accuracy. It also ensures compliance with both hard and soft criteria and improves rostering accuracy.
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spelling ump-440332025-03-11T05:00:13Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/44033/ An intelligent optimization strategy for medical doctor rostering using hybrid genetic algorithm-particle swarm optimization in Malaysian public hospital Zanariah, Zainudin Shafaatunnur, Hasan Nurfazrina, Mohd Zamry Nor‘Afifah, Sabri Nurul Syafidah, Jamil Norliana, Muslim Nur Amalina, Mat Jan Noraini, Ibrahim QA Mathematics Comparing manual rostering to automated rostering reveals that manual rostering is typically more challenging, time-consuming, and exhausting for doctors, particularly due to shifting business regulations, a shortage of healthcare professionals, and heavy workloads. During rostering, it is essential to consider both hard and soft constraints to minimize constraint violations, maximize medical doctor satisfaction, and meet all requirements for hard constraints. To address these challenges, this paper proposes Hybrid Genetic Algorithm and Particle Swarm Optimization (Hybrid GA-PSO) to model rostering. In this approach, one set population of working days represents the rostering structure, which is determined using evolutionary-inspired operators, search, and update procedures. Additionally, the paper conducts observations and interviews with relevant personnel in a Malaysian hospital to gather insights and highlight constraints associated with medical doctors rostering. Rostering requirements determine the relative importance of the hard and soft constraints. The results of the research indicate that the Hybrid GA-PSO approach can produce workable rosters that reduce the workload of physicians and shorten the time needed to create rosters by the total violation of both soft and hard constraints and accuracy. It also ensures compliance with both hard and soft criteria and improves rostering accuracy. Penerbit UTM Press 2025-02-21 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_nc_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/44033/1/An%20intelligent%20optimization%20strategy%20for%20medical%20doctor.pdf Zanariah, Zainudin and Shafaatunnur, Hasan and Nurfazrina, Mohd Zamry and Nor‘Afifah, Sabri and Nurul Syafidah, Jamil and Norliana, Muslim and Nur Amalina, Mat Jan and Noraini, Ibrahim (2025) An intelligent optimization strategy for medical doctor rostering using hybrid genetic algorithm-particle swarm optimization in Malaysian public hospital. Malaysian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, 21. pp. 1642-1653. ISSN 2289-599x. (Published) https://doi.org/10.11113/mjfas.v21n1.3572 https://doi.org/10.11113/mjfas.v21n1.3572
spellingShingle QA Mathematics
Zanariah, Zainudin
Shafaatunnur, Hasan
Nurfazrina, Mohd Zamry
Nor‘Afifah, Sabri
Nurul Syafidah, Jamil
Norliana, Muslim
Nur Amalina, Mat Jan
Noraini, Ibrahim
An intelligent optimization strategy for medical doctor rostering using hybrid genetic algorithm-particle swarm optimization in Malaysian public hospital
title An intelligent optimization strategy for medical doctor rostering using hybrid genetic algorithm-particle swarm optimization in Malaysian public hospital
title_full An intelligent optimization strategy for medical doctor rostering using hybrid genetic algorithm-particle swarm optimization in Malaysian public hospital
title_fullStr An intelligent optimization strategy for medical doctor rostering using hybrid genetic algorithm-particle swarm optimization in Malaysian public hospital
title_full_unstemmed An intelligent optimization strategy for medical doctor rostering using hybrid genetic algorithm-particle swarm optimization in Malaysian public hospital
title_short An intelligent optimization strategy for medical doctor rostering using hybrid genetic algorithm-particle swarm optimization in Malaysian public hospital
title_sort intelligent optimization strategy for medical doctor rostering using hybrid genetic algorithm-particle swarm optimization in malaysian public hospital
topic QA Mathematics
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