Robust surgery loading

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1038-1050

  Hans, Erwin ^a   Wullink, Gerhard ^b   van Houdenhoven, Mark ^b   Kazemier, Geert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heuristics; Operating theatre planning; OR in health services; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

OPERATING ROOMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBUST CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

HEALTH SERVICES; OPERATING ROOM CAPACITY; OPERATING THEATRE PLANNING; STATISTICAL INFORMATION;

SURGERY;

EID: 34848883659     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.08.022     Document Type: Article

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