WORKFORCE SCHEDULING WITH CYCLIC DEMANDS AND DAY-OFF CONSTRAINTS.

We examine the problem of scheduling days off in continuous (seven-day-a-week) operations under a variety of day-off policies, when demand for manpower is N on weekdays and n on weekend days. We consider a number of policies governing employee work assignments, and in each case we give a formula for the minimum workforce size and a schedule construction algorithm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]