A concise guide to existing and emerging vehicle routing problem variants

T Vidal, G Laporte, P Matl - European Journal of Operational Research, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Vehicle routing problems have been the focus of extensive research over the past sixty
years, driven by their economic importance and their theoretical interest. The diversity of …

Personnel scheduling: A literature review

J Van den Bergh, J Beliën, P De Bruecker… - European journal of …, 2013‏ - Elsevier
This paper presents a review of the literature on personnel scheduling problems. Firstly, we
discuss the classification methods in former review papers. Secondly, we evaluate the …

Bi-level programming for home health care supply chain considering outsourcing

AM Fathollahi-Fard, M Hajiaghaei-Keshteli… - Journal of Industrial …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Home Health Care Supply Chain (HHCSC) is an interesting and widespread topic
in developed countries due to an aging population's care. Home care services aim to …

A bi-objective home healthcare routing and scheduling problem considering patients' satisfaction in a fuzzy environment

AM Fathollahi-Fard, A Ahmadi, F Goodarzian… - Applied soft …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Home care services are an alternative answer to hospitalization, and play an important role
in reducing the healthcare costs for governments and healthcare practitioners. To find a …

A green home health care supply chain: New modified simulated annealing algorithms

AM Fathollahi-Fard, K Govindan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Generally, in Home Health Care (HHC) logistics, caregivers which are started from
a pharmacy are scheduled and routed to do different care services at patients' home. At the …

OR problems related to Home Health Care: A review of relevant routing and scheduling problems

M Cissé, S Yalçındağ, Y Kergosien, E Şahin… - Operations research for …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
The home health care routing and scheduling problem (HHCRSP) consists of designing a
set of routes used by care workers to provide care to patients who live in the same …

[HTML][HTML] A bi-objective home care scheduling problem: Analyzing the trade-off between costs and client inconvenience

K Braekers, RF Hartl, SN Parragh, F Tricoire - European Journal of …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Organizations providing home care services are inclined to optimize their activities in order
to meet the constantly increasing demand for home care. In this context, home care …

Operational Research: methods and applications

F Petropoulos, G Laporte, E Aktas… - Journal of the …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Throughout its history, Operational Research has evolved to include methods,
models and algorithms that have been applied to a wide range of contexts. This …

Taxonomic classification of planning decisions in health care: a structured review of the state of the art in OR/MS

PJH Hulshof, N Kortbeek, RJ Boucherie, EW Hans… - Health …, 2012‏ - Taylor & Francis
We provide a comprehensive overview of the typical decisions to be made in resource
capacity planning and control in health care, and a structured review of relevant articles from …

A bi-objective green home health care routing problem

AM Fathollahi-Fard, M Hajiaghaei-Keshteli… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Home Health Care (HHC) is generally defined and considered as a set of nurses
serving the patients at home by providing the required drugs and other HHC services (eg …