A Three-Stage Integer-Programming Framework for Minimum-Workforce Scheduling at a Logistics Sorting Center with Optimality Guarantees
Staff scheduling at a logistics sorting center must reconcile time-varying parcel arrivals, intraday service commitments, heterogeneous within-shift capacity, and monthly roster rules. We propose the Three-Stage Integer-Programming Scheduling Framework (TS-ISF). Stage 1 is an hourly-causal, same-day-clearing baseline i...