See the following sample solution for instance Rostering-8-M-2-4, where M =

Shift \ Day	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
Day Off	2	2	2	2	2	4	4
Early	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Late	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Night	2	2	2	2	2	1	1

Solution:

	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
Employee 1	Night	Day Off	Day Off	Day Off	Early	Early	Early
Employee 2	Day Off	Day Off	Early	Early	Early	Late	Late
Employee 3	Late	Night	Night	Night	Night	Day Off	Day Off
Employee 4	Early	Early	Early	Early	Day Off	Day Off	Day Off
Employee 5	Early	Early	Late	Late	Late	Day Off	Day Off
Employee 6	Night	Night	Day Off	Day Off	Day Off	Early	Early
Employee 7	Late	Late	Night	Night	Night	Day Off	Day Off
Employee 8	Day Off	Late	Late	Late	Late	Night	Night

The Solution can be read as follows:

• For all 8 employees the plan of the first week is given.
• The second week for “Employee 1” is written in row “Employee 2”
• The third week for “Employee 1” and the second week of “Employee 2” is given in row “Employee 3”
• …
• The second week for “Employee 8” is written in row “Employee 1”
• The Third week for “Employee 8” is written in row “Employee 2”
• …