Which algorithm for scheduling add-on elective cases maximizes operating room utilization? Use of bin packing algorithms and fuzzy constraints in operating room management

Anesthesiology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1491-1500

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Macario, Alex ^b   Traub, Rodney D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Operating room economics; Staff scheduling; Surgical services

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOM INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPERATING ROOMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0032723686     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199911000-00043     Document Type: Article

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