Solving a big-scaled hospital facility layout problem with meta-heuristics algorithms
The main objective of the hospital facility layout problem is to place the polyclinics, laboratories and radiology units within the predefined boundaries in such way that minimize the movement cost of patients and healthcare staff. Especially in big-scaled hospitals including several different speci...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-08-01
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Series: | Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221509861931016X |