Building cyclic master surgery schedules with leveled resulting bed occupancy

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1185-1204

  Beliën, Jeroen ^a   Demeulemeester, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Health services; Integer programming; Scheduling; Uncertainty modelling

Indexed keywords

UR;

IRIDIUM;

YTTRIUM;

EID: 33749582282     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.06.063     Document Type: Article

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