Supply chain coordination in hospitals

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 307, Issue , 2009, Pages 117-127

  Rego, Nazaré ^a   Sousa, Jorge Pinho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Health care; Hospitals; Metaheuristics; Supply chain configurations; Tabu search; VNS

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; TABU SEARCH; VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

ALTERNATIVE CONFIGURATIONS; COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); INNOVATIVE APPROACHES; META HEURISTICS; SUPPLY CHAIN CONFIGURATION; SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION; VARIABLE NEIGHBOURHOOD SEARCH;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 70350231410     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04568-4_13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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