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examples/notebook/sat/nurses_sat.ipynb

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nurses_sat

<table align="left"> <td> <a href="https://colab.research.google.com/github/google/or-tools/blob/main/examples/notebook/sat/nurses_sat.ipynb">Run in Google Colab</a> </td> <td> <a href="https://github.com/google/or-tools/blob/main/ortools/sat/samples/nurses_sat.py">View source on GitHub</a> </td> </table>

First, you must install ortools package in this colab.

python
%pip install ortools

Example of a simple nurse scheduling problem.

python
from ortools.sat.python import cp_model



def main() -> None:
    # Data.
    num_nurses = 4
    num_shifts = 3
    num_days = 3
    all_nurses = range(num_nurses)
    all_shifts = range(num_shifts)
    all_days = range(num_days)

    # Creates the model.
    model = cp_model.CpModel()

    # Creates shift variables.
    # shifts[(n, d, s)]: nurse 'n' works shift 's' on day 'd'.
    shifts = {}
    for n in all_nurses:
        for d in all_days:
            for s in all_shifts:
                shifts[(n, d, s)] = model.new_bool_var(f"shift_n{n}_d{d}_s{s}")

    # Each shift is assigned to exactly one nurse in the schedule period.
    for d in all_days:
        for s in all_shifts:
            model.add_exactly_one(shifts[(n, d, s)] for n in all_nurses)

    # Each nurse works at most one shift per day.
    for n in all_nurses:
        for d in all_days:
            model.add_at_most_one(shifts[(n, d, s)] for s in all_shifts)

    # Try to distribute the shifts evenly, so that each nurse works
    # min_shifts_per_nurse shifts. If this is not possible, because the total
    # number of shifts is not divisible by the number of nurses, some nurses will
    # be assigned one more shift.
    min_shifts_per_nurse = (num_shifts * num_days) // num_nurses
    if num_shifts * num_days % num_nurses == 0:
        max_shifts_per_nurse = min_shifts_per_nurse
    else:
        max_shifts_per_nurse = min_shifts_per_nurse + 1
    for n in all_nurses:
        shifts_worked = []
        for d in all_days:
            for s in all_shifts:
                shifts_worked.append(shifts[(n, d, s)])
        model.add(min_shifts_per_nurse <= sum(shifts_worked))
        model.add(sum(shifts_worked) <= max_shifts_per_nurse)

    # Creates the solver and solve.
    solver = cp_model.CpSolver()
    solver.parameters.linearization_level = 0
    # Enumerate all solutions.
    solver.parameters.enumerate_all_solutions = True

    class NursesPartialSolutionPrinter(cp_model.CpSolverSolutionCallback):
        """Print intermediate solutions."""

        def __init__(self, shifts, num_nurses, num_days, num_shifts, limit):
            cp_model.CpSolverSolutionCallback.__init__(self)
            self._shifts = shifts
            self._num_nurses = num_nurses
            self._num_days = num_days
            self._num_shifts = num_shifts
            self._solution_count = 0
            self._solution_limit = limit

        def on_solution_callback(self):
            self._solution_count += 1
            print(f"Solution {self._solution_count}")
            for d in range(self._num_days):
                print(f"Day {d}")
                for n in range(self._num_nurses):
                    is_working = False
                    for s in range(self._num_shifts):
                        if self.value(self._shifts[(n, d, s)]):
                            is_working = True
                            print(f"  Nurse {n} works shift {s}")
                    if not is_working:
                        print(f"  Nurse {n} does not work")
            if self._solution_count >= self._solution_limit:
                print(f"Stop search after {self._solution_limit} solutions")
                self.stop_search()

        def solutionCount(self):
            return self._solution_count

    # Display the first five solutions.
    solution_limit = 5
    solution_printer = NursesPartialSolutionPrinter(
        shifts, num_nurses, num_days, num_shifts, solution_limit
    )

    solver.solve(model, solution_printer)

    # Statistics.
    print("\nStatistics")
    print(f"  - conflicts      : {solver.num_conflicts}")
    print(f"  - branches       : {solver.num_branches}")
    print(f"  - wall time      : {solver.wall_time} s")
    print(f"  - solutions found: {solution_printer.solutionCount()}")


main()