nrparser

A parsing library for frequently used nurse rostering data formats.

Features

• Parse original instances and solutions from five public datasets
• Convert instances and solutions to a common json format
• Parse any instance in the common json format

Supported datasets

The json format standard and a selection of converted instances are available on gitlab.

Usage

Add this to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
nrparser = "0.1"

Then:

use nrparser::inrc1;
use nrparser::kaho;

// Parse an instance from The International Nurse Rostering Competition
let inrc1_instance = inrc1::parse("inrc1_path");

// Parse an instance from the KAHO dataset
let kaho_instance = kaho::parse("kaho_path");