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Abstract | ||
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In this paper, novel integer programming formulations are developed for solving the optimal scheduling of patients waiting for radiotherapy treatment. In this specific clinical domain, the suitable management and control of a patients' waiting list strongly affect both the quality of the therapeutical outcome, in terms of effectiveness, and the cost-saving use of the overall therapeutical resources, in terms of efficiency. The proposed models allow the best scheduling strategy to be devised by taking into account the quality of the health care service offered to the patient as well as the status and the preferences of the patient. The computational experiments, carried out on realistic scenarios and considering real data, are very promising and show the efficiency and robustness of the proposed models to address the problem under consideration. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2011 | 10.1007/s00291-009-0170-y | OR Spectrum |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
health care service,best scheduling strategy,radiotherapy patient,novel integer programming formulation,therapeutical outcome,radiotherapy treatment,cost-saving use,overall therapeutical resource,optimal scheduling,computational experiment,radiotherapy patient scheduling · mathematical programming,optimal decision-making approach,mathematical programming,computer experiment | Health care,Mathematical optimization,Optimal decision,Scheduling (computing),Computer science,Robustness (computer science),Integer programming,Operations management | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
33 | 1 | 0171-6468 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
13 | 0.91 | 14 |
Authors | ||
4 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| D. Conforti | 1 | 182 | 19.08 |
| F. Guerriero | 2 | 499 | 42.00 |
| Rosita Guido | 3 | 100 | 9.16 |
| M. Veltri | 4 | 13 | 0.91 |