[Opt-Net] Call for participation in the Second International Nurse Rostering Competition

[Nguyen Thi Thanh Dang]

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   Second International Nurse Rostering Competition 
                                              INRC-II       
                         http://mobiz.vives.be/inrc2/
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Scope of the competition
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Building on the success of the First International Nurse Rostering Competition, we announce the Second International Nurse Rostering Competition, running since October 17, 2014 and with submission date June 1, 2015.

It introduces the concept of stages and requires the competitors to solve a sequence of cases referring to consecutive weeks of the planning horizon.
The problem is defined by a scenario, a set of weeks and an initial history description.
Problems have to be solved covering the full scenario of 4 or 8 consecutive weeks, in stages of 1 week at the time. After each stage, the information for the next stage becomes available. As resources are taken up at any stage, forecasting may be required in order to cope well with coming stages. The forecasting can be based on data from previous weeks.

The results will be presented at MISTA 2015 in Prague and the top three will be offered free registration to PATAT 2016, that will include a special track on the competition.

For more details on the competition and for registration, please visit http://mobiz.vives.be/inrc2.

May the winner be amongst you!

Prizes
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The top three will divide €1729 among them and will be offered free registration to PATAT 2016, that will include a special track on the competition. In detail:

First prize: €819
Second prize: €637
Third prize: €273

Important Dates
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Competition start: October 17, 2014
Release of late data: May 15, 2015
Solution submissions: June 1, 2015
Finalist notification: July 1, 2015
Announcement of winners at MISTA 2015: August 25-27, 2015

Organizing committee
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Nguyen Thi Thanh Dang and Patrick De Causmaecker
CODeS, Department of Computer Science, KU Leuven
Etienne Sabbelaan 53, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium

Sara Ceschia and Andrea Schaerf,
DIEGM, University of Udine, 
via delle Scienze 206, 33100, Udine, Italy

Stefaan Haspeslagh
Vives University College, Commercial sciences and business management, MoBiz 
Doorniksesteenweg 145, 8500 Kortrijk, Belgium

Contacts
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web: http://mobiz.vives.be/inrc2
email: nrp.info at kuleuven-kulak.be
google group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/inrc-ii