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Found 17295 papers in total
Modelling the flow of congestive heart failure patients through a hospital system
Modelling the flow of congestive heart failure patients through a hospital system
2007,
The number of hospital admissions in England due to heart failure is projected to...
A simulation study of scheduling clinic appointments in surgical care: individual surgeon versus pooled lists
A simulation study of scheduling clinic appointments in surgical care: individual surgeon versus pooled lists
2007,
The purpose of this paper is to compare two methods of scheduling outpatient clinic...
Decision support tools for ambulance dispatch and relocation
Decision support tools for ambulance dispatch and relocation
2007,
In this paper, the development of decision support tools for dynamic ambulance...
Refocusing upstream: Operational Research for population health
Refocusing upstream: Operational Research for population health
2007,
This paper examines the potential for the application of OR methods to...
A Monte Carlo simulation approach to the characterization of uncertainties in cancer staging and radiation treatment decisions
A Monte Carlo simulation approach to the characterization of uncertainties in cancer staging and radiation treatment decisions
2007,
Radiation treatment for cancer is a critical medical procedure that occurs in a...
Choice of modelling technique for evaluating health care interventions
Choice of modelling technique for evaluating health care interventions
2007,
Economic evaluation, such as cost effectiveness analysis, provides a method for...
Mixing methodologies to enhance the implementation of healthcare operational research
Mixing methodologies to enhance the implementation of healthcare operational research
2007,
Healthcare Operational Research (OR) has had limited success in achieving a sufficient...
OR and the challenge to improve the British National Health Service: modelling for insight and improvement in in-patient flows
OR and the challenge to improve the British National Health Service: modelling for insight and improvement in in-patient flows
2007,
This paper considers efforts to improve in-patient flows, a particularly urgent issue...
Modelling treatment effects in the HIV/AIDS epidemic
Modelling treatment effects in the HIV/AIDS epidemic
2006,
Advances in recent treatments for HIV/AIDS patients have shown dramatic outcomes in...
Improving the cost-effectiveness of Chlamydia screening with targeted screening strategies
Improving the cost-effectiveness of Chlamydia screening with targeted screening strategies
2006,
Chlamydia is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the UK and constitutes...
A hybrid setup for a hybrid scenario: combining heuristics for the home health care problem
A hybrid setup for a hybrid scenario: combining heuristics for the home health care problem
2006,
Home health care, i.e. visiting and nursing patients in their homes, is a growing...
Credit scoring applied to mortgages – ROC and Role!
Credit scoring applied to mortgages – ROC and Role!
2001,
The application of credit scoring technologies to loan decision making is well...
Mining market data: A network approach
Mining market data: A network approach
2006,
We consider a network representation of the stock market data referred to as the...
Data mining in an engineering design environment: OR applications from graph matching
Data mining in an engineering design environment: OR applications from graph matching
2006,
Data mining has been making inroads into the engineering design environment – an...
The nuclear option – human factors in safety
The nuclear option – human factors in safety
2007,
The UK nuclear industry is currently undergoing a series of dramatic changes....
My fair share – a simple multiple attribute decision making approach to graduate assistantship allocation
My fair share – a simple multiple attribute decision making approach to graduate assistantship allocation
2001,
Graduate assistants are an important resource for any university. At Kutztown...
A methodology to optimize foundation seminar assignments
A methodology to optimize foundation seminar assignments
2006,
First-year students entering the College of Arts & Sciences at Bucknell University...
A hybrid heuristic to reduce the number of different patterns in cutting stock problems
A hybrid heuristic to reduce the number of different patterns in cutting stock problems
2006,
We propose a hybrid procedure to obtain a reduced number of different patterns in...
A differentiated service scheme to optimize website revenues
A differentiated service scheme to optimize website revenues
2006,
We consider a website host server with web quality of service (QoS) capabilities to...
Optimal timeslot and channel allocation considering fairness for multicell CDMA/TDD systems
Optimal timeslot and channel allocation considering fairness for multicell CDMA/TDD systems
2006,
The CDMA/TDD system is a highly attractive solution to support the next generation...
On-line resources allocation for Asynchronous Transfer Mode networks with rerouting
On-line resources allocation for Asynchronous Transfer Mode networks with rerouting
2006,
This paper presents an application we developed for France Telecom R&D to solve a...
Generating labor requirements and rosters for mail handlers using simulation and optimization
Generating labor requirements and rosters for mail handlers using simulation and optimization
2006,
In this research, we introduce a dual-purpose simulation model that integrates two...
Global pairwise sequence alignment through mixed-integer linear programming: a template-free approach
Global pairwise sequence alignment through mixed-integer linear programming: a template-free approach
2007,
The problem of protein sequence alignment is the main starting point for biological...
Simulation as a pedagogical tool for managerial decision-making in a transition economy
Simulation as a pedagogical tool for managerial decision-making in a transition economy
2006,
Eastern European countries are undergoing a transition from centralized economic...
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