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Operations Research and Simulation in Healthcare

  • Presents work on healthcare management and engineering using optimization and simulation methods and techniques
  • Researchers in the operations research and artificial intelligence communities are charged with providing more efficient healthcare
  • Valuable for researchers and postgraduate students in computer science, information technology, industrial engineering, and applied mathematics

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Heuristics-based on the Hungarian Method for the Patient Admission Scheduling Problem

    • Rahma Borchani, Malek Masmoudi, Bassem Jarboui, Patrick Siarry
    Pages 33-62
  3. Cost Function Networks to Solve Large Computational Protein Design Problems

    • David Allouche, Sophie Barbe, Simon de Givry, George Katsirelos, Yahia Lebbah, Samir Loudni et al.
    Pages 81-102
  4. Modeling and Simulation in Dialysis Center of Hedi Chaker Hospital

    • Ichraf Jridi, Badreddine Jerbi, Hichem Kamoun
    Pages 103-121
  5. A Decentralized Approach to the Home Healthcare Problem

    • Brahim Issaoui, Anis Mjirda, Issam Zidi, Khaled Ghédira
    Pages 153-173
  6. Wounded Transportation and Assignment to Hospital During Crisis

    • Mohamad Khorbatly, Hamdi Dkhil, Hassan Alabboud, Adnan Yassine
    Pages 175-192
  7. Carbon Footprints in Emergency Departments: A Simulation-Optimization Analysis

    • Masoumeh Vali, Khodakaram Salimifard, Thierry Chaussalet
    Pages 193-207
  8. The Effect of Risks on Discrete Event Simulation in Healthcare Systems

    • Milad Poursoltan, Malek Masmoudi, Mamadou Kaba Traore
    Pages 209-225

About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University of Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne, Roanne, France

    Malek Masmoudi

  • Department of Business, Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Bassem Jarboui

  • Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Ma, Paris, France

    Patrick Siarry

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