Title
Optimal allocation of MRI scan capacity among competing hospital departments.
Abstract
We consider an MRI scanning facility run by a Radiology department. Several hospital departments compete for capacity and have private information regarding their demand for scans. The fairness of the capacity allocation by the Radiology department depends on the quality of the information provided by the hospital departments. We employ a generic Bayesian game approach that stimulates the disclosure of true demand (truth-telling), so that capacity can be allocated fairly. We derive conditions under which truth-telling is a Bayesian Nash equilibrium. The usefulness of the approach is illustrated with a numerical example. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1016/j.ejor.2011.10.036
European Journal of Operational Research
Keywords
Field
DocType
OR in Health Services,Game theory,Capacity allocation,Private information
Economics,Game theory,Bayesian game,Private information retrieval,Operations management
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
219
3
0377-2217
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.44
5
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Maartje E. Zonderland1131.66
Judith Timmer210115.67