Clustering clinical departments for wards to achieve a prespecified blocking probability

DOI10.1007/S00291-014-0368-5zbMATH Open1308.90095OpenAlexW2107357364MaRDI QIDQ2260901FDOQ2260901

Authors: J. Theresia van Essen, Mark van Houdenhoven, Johann L. Hurink 

Publication date: 12 March 2015

Published in: OR Spectrum (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://research.utwente.nl/en/publications/clustering-clinical-departments-for-wards-to-achieve-a-prespecified-blocking-probability(4c2aaa64-7648-41f8-ac2f-996dff545cff).html

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zbMATH Keywords

heuristicshospitalsinteger programminglayoutwards

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming (90C59) Mixed integer programming (90C11) Discrete location and assignment (90B80)

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Uses Software

• MCQueue

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