A robust approach for scheduling in hospitals using multiple objectives

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 546-556

  Rachuba, Sebastian ^a   Werners, Brigitte ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

compromise decision; fuzzy sets; multi objective optimization; robust optimization; surgical scheduling

Indexed keywords

FUZZY SETS; HOSPITALS; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SURGERY;

COMPROMISE DECISION; MIXED INTEGER OPTIMIZATION; MULTICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION; MULTIPLE-OBJECTIVES; OBJECTIVE FUNCTION VALUES; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC PARAMETERS; TREATMENT DURATION;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84896360583     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2013.112     Document Type: Article

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