Optimal patient and personnel scheduling policies for care-at-home service facilities

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 557-563

  Koeleman, P M ^a   Bhulai, S ^a   Van Meersbergen, M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Care at home facilities; Markov decision processes; OR in health services; Personnel planning; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

CONTROL PROBLEMS; HIGH-DIMENSIONAL; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; MONOTONICITY PROPERTY; NUMERICAL EVIDENCE; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; OPTIMAL POLICIES; OR IN HEALTH SERVICES; PROBLEM INSTANCES; SCHEDULING POLICIES; TRUNK RESERVATIONS;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; SCHEDULING;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84857922239     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.10.046     Document Type: Article

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