In this paper, we provide all information to participate to the Second International Nurse Rostering Competition (INRC-II). First, we describe the problem formulation, which, differently from INRC-I, is a multi-stage procedure. Second, we illustrate all the necessary infrastructure do be used together with the participant's solver, including the testbed, the file formats, and the validation/simulation tools. Finally, we state the rules of the competition. All update-to-date information about the competition is available at http://mobiz.vives.be/inrc2/.
@article{arxiv.1501.04177,
title = {Second International Nurse Rostering Competition (INRC-II) --- Problem Description and Rules ---},
author = {Sara Ceschia and Nguyen Thi Thanh Dang and Patrick De Causmaecker and Stefaan Haspeslagh and Andrea Schaerf},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1501.04177},
year = {2015}
}