Dynamic multi-appointment patient scheduling for radiation therapy

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2012.06.046zbMath1292.90133OpenAlexW2169405257MaRDI QIDQ2253376

Martin L. Puterman, Antoine Sauré, Scott Tyldesley, Jonathan Patrick

Publication date: 27 July 2014

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2012.06.046

zbMATH Keywords

linear programmingMarkov decision processesapproximate dynamic programmingOR in health servicespatient scheduling

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of mathematical programming (90C90) Stochastic scheduling theory in operations research (90B36) Markov and semi-Markov decision processes (90C40)

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