Optimal appointment scheduling in continuous time: The lag order approximation method

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 213-219

  Vink, Wouter ^a   Kuiper, Alex ^b   Kemper, Benjamin ^b,c   Bhulai, Sandjai ^d  

^a MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c EY Transaction Advisory Services   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appointment scheduling; Heuristics; Lag order approximation method; Utility functions

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

APPOINTMENT SCHEDULING; APPROXIMATION METHODS; COMPUTATION TIME; FINITE NUMBER; HEURISTICS; OPTIMAL SCHEDULE; UTILITY FUNCTIONS; WAITING-TIME;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 84906949583     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2014.06.024     Document Type: Article

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