The Doctor Rostering Problem - Asser Fahrenholz

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Figure 6.2: The file menu
The top save and load menu items are linked to serialisations of the schedule. A se-
rialisation is a way to store objects in Java. The bottom save and load are linked to
Microsoft Excel workbooks, allowing the user to inspect the information of the saved
schedule. Finally, an option to save the schedule in a form of overview is available (this
option should be chosen for printing the schedule).
Importing nights and evening shifts is done through means of a Microsoft Excel-workbook
(through load (xls-file)). Each sheet in the workbook represents a doctors night and
evening shifts, which, for convenience can be copy-pasted directly from Laegevagt.net,
where these are delegated. Figure 6.3 shows an example of a sheet ready for import.
For each sheet in the workbook, a doctor is created and imported to the application.
Figure 6.3: Microsoft Excel workbook containing the night and evening shifts
Figure 6.4 shows the application window, after the user has imported a set of shifts.