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1. A two-time-scale model for hospital patient flow

Author

Peter G. Taylor, M. Ramakrishnan, and D. Sier

Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty, Flow (mathematics), Computer science, Applied Mathematics, Strategy and Management, Modeling and Simulation, Emergency medicine, medicine, Hospital patients, Management Science and Operations Research, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Two time scale, Management Information Systems
Published
2005
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2. Scheduling Surgical Procedures

Author

C McGurk, D Sier, and P Tobin

Subjects
Marketing, Operations research, business.industry, Computer science, Strategy and Management, Scheduling (production processes), Surgical procedures, Management Science and Operations Research, Scheduling (computing), Management Information Systems, Nurse scheduling problem, Simulated annealing, Information system, Project management, business
Abstract

The scheduling of surgical procedures in hospitals is examined in the context of an optimisation problem. The solution procedure proposed uses simulated annealing to find improved solutions. An assessment of current practice reveals that customising of any automated procedure will be necessary as the constraints used to describe the problem are often hospital specific.

Published
1997
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