[HTML][HTML] Real-time resource allocation in the emergency department: A case study

D Duma, R Aringhieri - Omega, 2023 - Elsevier
Overcrowding is a phenomenon that affects Emergency Departments (EDs) worldwide
determining a harmful impact on the healthcare provided. Because of the wide variety of …

Effect of different patient peak arrivals on an emergency department via discrete event simulation: a case study

G Fava, T Giovannelli, M Messedaglia, M Roma - Simulation, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Emergency department (ED) overcrowding is a well-recognized worldwide phenomenon
which affects the quality of emergency care. A direct consequence of overcrowding is a long …

Managing low–acuity patients in an Emergency Department through simulation–based multiobjective optimization using a neural network metamodel

M Boresta, T Giovannelli, M Roma - Health Care Management Science, 2024 - Springer
This paper deals with Emergency Department (ED) fast-tracks for low-acuity patients, a
strategy often adopted to reduce ED overcrowding. We focus on optimizing resource …

Enabling gradient-based optimization methods in problems with unreliable or absent derivatives

M Boresta - 2022 - iris.uniroma1.it
In this thesis, we focus on problems in which the derivative of the objective function is either
unavailable or unreliable, which can occur in a variety of situations including the presence of …

Effect of different patient peak arrivals on an Emergency Department via discrete event simulation

G Fava, T Giovannelli, M Messedaglia… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
Emergency Departments (EDs) overcrowding is a well recognized worldwide phenomenon.
The consequences range from long waiting times for visits and treatment of patients up to life …

New methods for simulation-based optimization and applications to emergency department management

T Giovannelli - 2021 - iris.uniroma1.it
The development of novel efficient algorithmic frameworks using simulation to provide
solutions to real-world problems is prompted by the need to accurately represent the …