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

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2014.06.024zbMath1339.90154OpenAlexW2170466704MaRDI QIDQ2629621

Benjamin Kemper, Wouter Vink, Alex Kuiper, Sandjai Bhulai

Publication date: 6 July 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2014.06.024

zbMATH Keywords

heuristicsutility functionsappointment schedulinglag order approximation method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research (90B35)

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