A Parallel Approach for a Nurse Rerostering Problem on the GPU
Result description
This paper proposes a parallel metaheuristic approach for NRRP accelerated on the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) that offers a new way to tackle Nurse Rerostering Problem (NRRP). This problem is handled every day in hospitals in case of some unpredictedcircumstances (e.g. sick leaves of the nurses). Consequently, it is necessary to move the shift of the absent nurse to someone else in the roster. Therefore, the main objective is to solve NRRP with respect to keep the original roster as much as possible. In general, the GPU platform allows us to employ massively parallel processors to achieve the speedups up to hundred times (according to the handled problem) in comparison with the approaches implemented on CPU.
Keywords
nurse rerostering problemgeneral-purpose computing on graphics processing unitsparallel algorithmgenetic algorithmmultiobjective criterion
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angličtina
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A Parallel Approach for a Nurse Rerostering Problem on the GPU
Original language description
This paper proposes a parallel metaheuristic approach for NRRP accelerated on the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) that offers a new way to tackle Nurse Rerostering Problem (NRRP). This problem is handled every day in hospitals in case of some unpredictedcircumstances (e.g. sick leaves of the nurses). Consequently, it is necessary to move the shift of the absent nurse to someone else in the roster. Therefore, the main objective is to solve NRRP with respect to keep the original roster as much as possible. In general, the GPU platform allows us to employ massively parallel processors to achieve the speedups up to hundred times (according to the handled problem) in comparison with the approaches implemented on CPU.
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O - Miscellaneous
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JD - Use of computers, robotics and its application
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P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
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Publication year
2011
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S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Result type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP
JD - Use of computers, robotics and its application
Year of implementation
2011