Predictive / Reactive Planning and Scheduling of a Surgical Suite with Emergency Patient Arrival.

This paper surveys the problem of predictive / reactive scheduling of an integrated operating theatre with two types of demand for surgery: 1) elective or known demand; 2) emergency or uncertain demand. The stochastic arrival of emergency patients with uncertain surgery time enforces the scheduler t...

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Published in:Journal of Medical Systems Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10
Main Authors: Heydari, Mehdi, Soudi, Asie
Format: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Jan2016
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