Staff optimization for time-dependent acute patient flow

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2018.06.015zbMath1403.90250OpenAlexW2868812957WikidataQ129564349 ScholiaQ129564349MaRDI QIDQ1991109

Thomas Riis Stidsen, Bo Friis Nielsen, Anders Reenberg Andersen, Line Blander Reinhardt

Publication date: 30 October 2018

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/f08dd9de-bf4f-4a3e-a2a6-2e796d7169fb

zbMATH Keywords

queueingstochastic optimizationheuristicsMarkov chainOR in health services

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics in engineering and industry; control charts (62P30) Stochastic programming (90C15) Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming (90C59) Queueing theory (aspects of probability theory) (60K25) Queues and service in operations research (90B22) Applications of continuous-time Markov processes on discrete state spaces (60J28)

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