Mount Sinai Hospital Uses Integer Programming to Allocate Operating Room Time

Mount Sinai Hospital Uses Integer Programming to Allocate Operating Room Time

An integer-programming model and a post-solution heuristic allocates operating room time to the five surgical divisions at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital. The hospital has used this approach for several years and credits it with both administrative savings and the ability to produce quickly an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Interfaces (Providence) 2002-03, Vol.32 (2), p.63-73
Hauptverfasser: Blake, John T, Donald, Joan
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:An integer-programming model and a post-solution heuristic allocates operating room time to the five surgical divisions at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital. The hospital has used this approach for several years and credits it with both administrative savings and the ability to produce quickly an equitable master surgical schedule.
ISSN:0092-2102
2644-0865
1526-551X
2644-0873
DOI:10.1287/inte.32.2.63.57