5 Result(s)
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Operations Research in the Red Zone
The EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS) provides a network for researchers involved in the application of systematic and quantitative analysis in the planning and mana...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Comparison of Fairness Metrics for Health Care Problems
Fairness and balancing-related metrics can be modelled in several ways, and no single definition of fairness is universally accepted. From the application point of view, fairness is a rather common objective i...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Uncertainty in the Blood Donation Appointment Scheduling: Key Factors and Research Perspectives
We consider the management of a blood collection center, which includes the features of both a production system and a service provider. In particular, we analyze the scheduling of donors and the related appoi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Discrete Event Simulation Model for the Admission of Patients to a Home Care Rehabilitation Service
The admission of new patients to Home Care (HC) services is a relevant problem, which requires managing waiting lists while respecting a maximum admissible period between patient’s request and service beginnin...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Management of Blood Donation System: Literature Review and Research Perspectives
