A multi-objective block scheduling model for the management of surgical operating rooms: New solution approaches via genetic algorithms

2010 IEEE Workshop on Health Care Management, WHCM 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Conforti, Domenico ^a   Guerriero, Francesca ^a   Guido, Rosita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK SCHEDULING; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; EXTENSIVE TESTING; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; META-HEURISTIC APPROACH; MULTI OBJECTIVE; MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION MODELS; NEW SOLUTIONS; OPTIMAL PLANNING; PARETO FRONTIERS; PRIORITY VALUES; REAL LIFE DATA; SURGICAL OPERATION; TIME SLOTS;

HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; SURGERY;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 77952538103     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WHCM.2010.5441264     Document Type: Conference Paper

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