Operating rooms planning and scheduling with mix integer programming and meta-heuristic method

• Main Authors: Askarizadeh, Mehdi, Abdul Aziz, Faieza, Mohd Ariffin, Mohd Khairol Anuar, Ahmad, Siti Azfanizam
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Science Publishing Group 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62592/1/ROOM.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62592/; http://article.sciencepublishinggroup.com/html/10.11648.j.ijmea.s.2017050401.13.html

The surgery department is required to improve its performance by efficient usage of its available resources. Surgery department interdependencies with other hospital functions and departments are numerous and complex, which causes some restrictions on surgery ward performance and consequently hospit...