Systems Analysis Tools for Better Health Care Delivery
Editors: Pardalos, P., Georgiev, P.G., Papajorgji, P.J., Neugaard, B. (Eds.)
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This book presents some recent systems engineering and mathematical tools for health care along with their real-world applications by health care practitioners and engineers. Advanced approaches, tools, and algorithms used in operating room scheduling and patient flow are covered. State-of-the-art results from applications of data mining, business process modeling, and simulation in healthcare, together with optimization methods, form the core of the volume.
Systems Analysis Tools for Better Health Care Delivery illustrates the increased need of partnership between engineers and health care professionals. This book will benefit researchers and practitioners in health care delivery institutions, staff members and professionals of specialized hospital units, and lecturers and graduate students in engineering, applied mathematics, business administration and health care.
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Optimization Methods for Large-Scale Radiotherapy Problems
Pages 1-20
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Portable Asset Management in Hospitals
Pages 21-36
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Stochastic Integer Programming in Healthcare Delivery
Pages 37-48
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An Expository Discourse of E-Health
Pages 49-63
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Nurse Scheduling Problem: An Integer Programming Model with a Practical Application
Pages 65-98
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Systems Analysis Tools for Better Health Care Delivery
- Editors
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- Panos Pardalos
- Pando G. Georgiev
- Petraq J. Papajorgji
- Britta Neugaard
- Series Title
- Springer Optimization and Its Applications
- Series Volume
- 74
- Copyright
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media New York
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4614-5094-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4614-5094-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4614-5093-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4899-9952-8
- Series ISSN
- 1931-6828
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 178
- Topics
