Abstract
This book presents work on healthcare management and engineering using optimization and simulation methods and techniques. Specific topics covered in the contributed chapters include discrete-event simulation, patient admission scheduling, simulation-based emergency department control systems, patient transportation, cost function networks, hospital bed management, and operating theater scheduling. The content will be valuable for researchers and postgraduate students in computer science, information technology, industrial engineering, and applied mathematics.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing |
| Number of pages | 225 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030452230 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783030452223 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2021 |
Keywords
- Computational intelligence
- Decision support system
- Healthcare
- Heuristics
- Modelling and simulation
- Operations research
- Patient management
- Scheduling problems
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