This paper provides a comprehensive survey of research on operating room planning and
scheduling problems. Aiming to give a comprehensive classification on the studied …

A comprehensive review and analysis of operating room (OR) theatre scheduling problems
as well as a comparison of solution approaches along with suggestions for future studies are …

Patients' waiting time is a major issue in the Canadian healthcare system. The planning for
resource allocation impacts patients' waiting time in medicare settings. This research …

Elective surgery patients have surgery in the operating room (OR), and then recover in one
or more downstream recovery units for several consecutive hours or days after surgery …

This article introduces a bespoke risk averse stochastic programming approach for
performing a strategic level assessment of hospital capacity (QAHC). We include stochastic …

This paper addresses an elective surgery scheduling problem involving capacity constraints
for operating rooms and downstream surgical intensive care units (SICU). Considering the …

Growing healthcare needs leverage the potential savings of using resources efficiently. To
that end, ProMoBed is a comprehensive model that supports strategic planning of bed …

This paper addresses an advance surgery scheduling problem in an operating theater
composed of multiple operating rooms (ORs) and a downstream surgical intensive care unit …

During the COVID-19 period, randomly arrived patients flooded into the hospital, which
caused staffing beds to be occupied. Then, elective surgeries could not be carried out timely …

Surgical scheduling consists of selecting surgeries to be performed within a day, while
jointly assigning operating rooms, starting times and the required resources. Patients can be …