A stochastic overbooking model for outpatient clinical scheduling with no-shows

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 820-837

  Muthuraman, Kumar ^a   Lawley, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appointment scheduling; Open access; Outpatient clinic operations; Patient no shows

Indexed keywords

STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

EVOLUTION (CO); IN PROCESS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS; PATIENT WAITING TIME; SCHEDULING OBJECTIVE; SCHEDULING POLICIES; SINGLE SERVICE; TIME SLOT (TS); UNIMODAL;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 48249114112     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170802165823     Document Type: Article

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