A decision framework for operation management of reconfigurable mobile service robots in hospitals

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 13, Issue PART 1, 2009, Pages 151-156

  Baalbaki, Hassan ^a   Xie, Xiaolan ^a  

^a ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Decision framework; Healthcare; Mobile service robots; Operational research

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; POWER MANAGEMENT; REAL TIME CONTROL; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; ROBOTICS;

DECISION FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MEDICINE DELIVERIES; MOBILE SERVICE ROBOTS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTATIONS; OPERATION MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; ROBOTIC SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 79960913541     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20090603-3-RU-2001.0122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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