A stochastic model for the patient-bed assignment problem with random arrivals and departures

DOI10.1007/s10479-021-03982-9zbMath1500.90013OpenAlexW3167893272MaRDI QIDQ2171327

Mojtaba Heydar, Erin Trainer, Mark Fackrell, Małgorzata M. O'Reilly, Ali Tirdad, Peter G. Taylor

Publication date: 8 September 2022

Published in: Annals of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-021-03982-9

zbMATH Keywords

simulationdynamic programmingMarkov chainoptimisationapproximate dynamic programmingemergency departmenthealth care modellingpatient-bed assignment problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Queues and service in operations research (90B22) Dynamic programming (90C39) Discrete location and assignment (90B80)

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