Optimizing Employee Scheduling System with Firefly Algorithm (Case Study: MJ Store)

Employee scheduling is a complex problem since it must precisely allocate resources such as time, task disposition, employee's competencies, a day off, and cost of the activity. The firefly algorithm is implemented to arrange the schedule of employees automatically and meet the rules. This algorithm allows the system to produce a list that is by applicable rules. The proposed system was designed with three steps to produce lists of employee shifts. Firstly, enter employee, job description and the last is set the employee holiday schedules. Then the system will process it and produce the desired schedule in a short time. Performance results show schedule made in 90 seconds with a success rate of 96.5% with 20 fireflies and 40 times iteration.