A two-phase approach for the Radiotherapy Scheduling Problem.

The Radiotherapy Scheduling Problem (RTSP) focuses on optimizing the planning of radiotherapy treatment sessions for cancer patients. In this paper, we propose a two-phase approach for the RTSP. In the first phase, radiotherapy sessions are assigned to specific linear accelerators (linacs) and days....

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Publicado en:Health Care Management Science Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 191 - 208
Autores principales: Pham, Tu-San, Rousseau, Louis-Martin, De Causmaecker, Patrick
Formato: Journal Article
Publicado: Springer Nature Jun2022
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          Pham, Tu-San
          Rousseau, Louis-Martin
          De Causmaecker, Patrick
        affil: Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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          Appointments and Schedules
          Systems Analysis
          Particle Accelerators
          Computer Simulation
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