Outpatient appointment systems in healthcare: a review of optimization studies

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2016.06.064zbMath1380.90106OpenAlexW2472113677MaRDI QIDQ1698879

Amir Ahmadi-Javid, Kenneth J. Klassen, Zahra Jalali

Publication date: 16 February 2018

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2016.06.064

zbMATH Keywords

stochastic modelsoperations researchservice operations managementhealthcare managementappointment scheduling/sequencing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research (90B35) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to operations research and mathematical programming (90-02)

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