This paper provides a review of recent operational research on operating room planning
and scheduling. We evaluate the literature on multiple fields that are related to either the …

In hospitals, the operating room (OR) is a particularly expensive facility and thus efficient
scheduling is imperative. This can be greatly supported by using advanced methods that are …

Many healthcare institutions have been researching tools to reduce costs and to ensure
efficient use of hospital facilities. Operating rooms are considered among the most costly …

Operating room (OR) planning and scheduling decisions involve the coordination of
patients, medical staff, and hospital facilities. The patients arriving to the hospital are …

This text summarizes the PhD dissertation that was defended by the author in January 2009
under the supervision of Erik Demeulemeester at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven …

This paper focuses on improving the overall operations of an interventional radiology
department at a community hospital in USA. In the first phase of the improvement process …

Evaluating best strategies across the organization has been a major challenge for
healthcare decision makers. The complex nature of patient flow and the unpredictability …

Çalışmada sağlık hizmetlerinde görülen en önemli problem ele alınmıştır. Bu problem
ameliyathane odası çizelgeleme problemidir. Etkin çizelgeleme yapılmaması durumunda …

For labour intensive organizations, finding a good match between the predicted workload
and the scheduled workforce work capacity is crucial: One important step in this matching …

Surgery is one of the most important functions in a hospital with respect to operational cost,
patient flow, and resource utilization. Planning and scheduling the Operating Room (OR) is …