Improving resource utilization for diagnostic services through flexible inpatient scheduling: A method for improving resource utilization

DOI10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602242zbMath1140.90410MaRDI QIDQ3590875

Jonathan Patrick, Martin L. Puterman

Publication date: 3 September 2007

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602242

zbMATH Keywords

scheduling; waiting times; health services; optimization, simulation; reservation policies

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90B35: Deterministic scheduling theory in operations research

90B90: Case-oriented studies in operations research

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