| Article ID: | iaor20031026 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 32 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 63 |
| End Page Number: | 73 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2002 |
| Journal: | Interfaces |
| Authors: | Blake John T., Donald Joan |
| Keywords: | programming: integer |
An integer-programming model and a post-solution heuristic allocates operating room time to the five surgical divisions at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital. The hospital has used this approach for several years and credits it with both administrative savings and the ability to produce quickly an equitable master surgical schedule.