A stochastic mathematical appointment overbooking model for healthcare providers to improve profits

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1211-1219

  Kim, Seongmoon ^a   Giachetti, Ronald E ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appointment scheduling; Healthcare; Overbooking; Revenue management

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SCHEDULING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

APPOINTMENT SCEHDULING; REVENUE MANAGEMENT; STOCHASTIC MATHEMATICAL OVERBOOKING MODEL;

STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 33750603061     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2006.878970     Document Type: Article

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