Reducing access times for an endoscopy department by an iterative combination of computer simulation and linear programming.

To reduce the access times of an endoscopy department, we developed an iterative combination of Discrete Event simulation and Integer Linear Programming. We developed the method in the Endoscopy Department of the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam and compared different scenarios to reduce the acc...

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Published in:Health Care Management Science Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 17 - 27
Main Authors: Joustra PE, de Wit J, Struben VM, Overbeek BJ, Fockens P, Elkhuizen SG, Joustra, P E, de Wit, J, Struben, V M D, Overbeek, B J H, Fockens, P, Elkhuizen, S G
Format: Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Mar2010
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