AN EFFICIENT HEURISTIC TO BALANCE TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN UTILIZATION AND PATIENT FLOWTIME IN OPERATING ROOM MANAGEMENT

Balancing trade-offs between production cost and holding cost is critical for production and operations management. Utilization of an operating room affects production cost, which relates to makespan, and patient flowtime affects holding cost. There are trade-offs between two objectives, to minimize...

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Main Author: Dang, Feidi
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2017
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Online Access:https://uknowledge.uky.edu/me_etds/103
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1112&context=me_etds