Sequential clinical scheduling with patient no-shows and general service time distributions

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 354-366

  Chakraborty, Santanu ^a   Muthuraman, Kumar ^b   Lawley, Mark ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appointment scheduling; Outpatient clinics; Overbooking; Patient no shows

Indexed keywords

GAMMA-DISTRIBUTED; MEDICAL CLINICS; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; OPTIMAL STOPPING; OUTPATIENT CLINIC; OUTPATIENT CLINICS; SCHEDULING METHODS; SERVICE TIME; SERVICE TIME DISTRIBUTION;

SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77951142602     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170903396459     Document Type: Article

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