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A marketing-oriented inventory model with three-component demand rate dependent on displayed stock level
A marketing-oriented inventory model with three-component demand rate dependent on displayed stock level
2005,
This paper investigates a deterministic inventory system for single item with...
On the categorization of demand patterns
On the categorization of demand patterns
2005,
The categorization of alternative demand patterns facilitates the selection of a...
Improving appointment scheduling for medical screening
Improving appointment scheduling for medical screening
2002,
We investigate the optimization of appointment scheduling for breast cancer screening,...
Escalate balance scorecard power by the analytic hierarchy process: innovative approach for strategy implementation
Escalate balance scorecard power by the analytic hierarchy process: innovative approach for strategy implementation
2006,
Balance Scorecared (BSC) ensures the convergence of an organisation's resources in...
Evidence of bullwhip effect in healthcare sector: causes, consequences and cures
Evidence of bullwhip effect in healthcare sector: causes, consequences and cures
2005,
The primary issue explored in this research is how demand distortions, called the...
Modelling the requirement for supplementary nurses in an intensive care unit
Modelling the requirement for supplementary nurses in an intensive care unit
2005,
The intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital is an essential yet costly resource....
Geographical simulation modelling for the regional planning of oral and maxillofacial surgery across London
Geographical simulation modelling for the regional planning of oral and maxillofacial surgery across London
2005,
Oral and maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) is a recognized surgical specialty, with its...
A framework for predicting gross institutional long-term care cost arising from known commitments at local authority level
A framework for predicting gross institutional long-term care cost arising from known commitments at local authority level
2005,
As the UK population ages, it is forecast that there will be an unsustainable increase...
A simulation-based study of a NHS Walk-in Centre
A simulation-based study of a NHS Walk-in Centre
2005,
This paper describes a simulation-based project to help North Mersey Community...
Using OR to support the development of an integrated musculo-skeletal service
Using OR to support the development of an integrated musculo-skeletal service
2005,
This paper discusses the question of how operational research in general, and discrete...
Incorporating operations research techniques to evaluate information systems impact on healthcare
Incorporating operations research techniques to evaluate information systems impact on healthcare
2005,
Over the past 4 years, the Hospice Palliative Care Network Project, co-led by the...
Proposing a systems vision of knowledge management in emergency care
Proposing a systems vision of knowledge management in emergency care
2005,
This paper makes a case for taking a systems view of knowledge management within...
Improving health care through community OR
Improving health care through community OR
2005,
Two examples of Community OR (COR) applied to public and patient involvement in...
Assessing the risk of vCJD transmission via surgery: models for uncertainty and complexity
Assessing the risk of vCJD transmission via surgery: models for uncertainty and complexity
2005,
Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) is a fatal degenerative brain disease,...
Inventory control systems: theory and practice
Inventory control systems: theory and practice
2006,
The paper reviews the general methodology for the design of inventory control systems...
Description of an individual patient methodology for calculating the cost-effectiveness of treatments for osteoporosis in women
Description of an individual patient methodology for calculating the cost-effectiveness of treatments for osteoporosis in women
2005,
Models of the cost-effectiveness of pharmaceutical interventions for the treatment of...
Optimal single period order size under uncertain demand incorporating freight costs
Optimal single period order size under uncertain demand incorporating freight costs
2006,
There is now greater scrutiny of freight costs by buyers who want to control inbound...
Use of discrete-event simulation to evaluate strategies for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in developing countries
Use of discrete-event simulation to evaluate strategies for the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in developing countries
2005,
HIV/AIDS affects over 40 million people worldwide, and more than 70% of these...
A heuristic approach for multiple item and location ordering problem with quantity discount and capacity constraint
A heuristic approach for multiple item and location ordering problem with quantity discount and capacity constraint
2005,
This paper addresses a geographically distributed vending machine inventory control...
Modelling the feedback effects of reconfiguring health servives
Modelling the feedback effects of reconfiguring health servives
2005,
The shift in the balance of health care, bringing services ‘closer to...
An economic order quantity model for deteriorating items under trade credits
An economic order quantity model for deteriorating items under trade credits
2005,
In the classical inventory economic order quantity (or EOQ) model, it was assumed that...
The use of goal programming, regression analysis and data envelopment analysis for estimating efficient marginal costs of hospital services
The use of goal programming, regression analysis and data envelopment analysis for estimating efficient marginal costs of hospital services
2002,
This paper presents a new composite methodology for estimating efficient marginal...
A procedure for the strategic planning of locations, capacities and districting of jails: application to Chile
A procedure for the strategic planning of locations, capacities and districting of jails: application to Chile
2005,
Using the Chilean jail system as a case study, we present a model for finding the...
A fuzzy expected value-based goal programming model for product planning using quality function deployment
A fuzzy expected value-based goal programming model for product planning using quality function deployment
2005,
Product planning is one of four important processes in new product development using...
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