A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 B C D E F G H I J Worker scheduling model Decision variables: number of employees starting their five-day shift on various days Mon 6 Tue 6 Wed 0 Thu 7 Fri 0 Sat 4 Sun 0 Result of decisions: number of employees working on various days (along top) who started their shift on various days (along side) Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon 6 6 6 6 6 Tue 6 6 6 6 6 Wed 0 0 0 0 0 Thu 7 7 7 7 7 Fri 0 0 0 0 0 Sat 4 4 4 4 4 Sun 0 0 0 0 0 Constraint on worker availabilities Employees available 17 16 16 19 19 17 11 Employees required 17 13 15 19 14 16 11 Objective to maximize Total employees 23 3 1 0 5 1 0 Excess Workers 0 K