How to Solve Scheduling Problems in Python

Use linear programming to minimize the difference between required and scheduled resources

In workforce management, scheduling refers to finding the “optimal” way to schedule a set of resources depending on the projected demand per interval. This may be, for example, finding how many call center agents to schedule per one-hour interval, given some demand (for instance, using ErlangC) and some restrictions.

The “optimal” criterion is defined under an objective function, for example, minimizing the …

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