The application of data envelopment analysis to emergency departments and management of emergency conditions: A narrative review

M Mirmozaffari, N Kamal - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
The healthcare industry is one application for data envelopment analysis (DEA) that can
have significant benefits for standardizing health service delivery. This narrative review …

The core of healthcare efficiency: a comprehensive bibliometric review on frontier analysis of hospitals

TCC Nepomuceno, L Piubello Orsini, VDH de Carvalho… - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
Parametric and non-parametric frontier applications are typical for measuring the efficiency
and productivity of many healthcare units. Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, hospital …

[HTML][HTML] Design of a distribution network in a multi-product, multi-period green supply chain system under demand uncertainty

A Boskabadi, M Mirmozaffari, R Yazdani… - Sustainable Operations …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a novel fuzzy mathematical model for a distribution network design
problem in a multi-product, multi-period, multi-echelon, multi-plant, multi-retailer, multi-mode …

Dynamic performance assessment of hospitals by applying credibility-based fuzzy window data envelopment analysis

P Peykani, E Memar-Masjed, N Arabjazi… - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
The goal of the current research is to propose the credibility-based fuzzy window data
envelopment analysis (CFWDEA) approach as a novel method for the dynamic performance …

Input/output variables selection in data envelopment analysis: A shannon entropy approach

P Peykani, FS Seyed Esmaeili, M Mirmozaffari… - Machine Learning and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this study is to provide an efficient method for the selection of input–output
indicators in the data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach, in order to improve the …

[HTML][HTML] An integrated artificial intelligence model for efficiency assessment in pharmaceutical companies during the COVID-19 pandemic

M Mirmozaffari, R Yazdani, E Shadkam… - Sustainable Operations …, 2022 - Elsevier
The spread of coronavirus disease around the world has had an immense impact on most
economic sectors. Yet amid the turmoil and chaos from the worldwide pandemic, one …

A novel hybrid simulated annealing for no-wait open-shop surgical case scheduling problems

A Rahimi, SM Hejazi, M Zandieh… - Applied System …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this paper, the problem of finding an assignment of “n” surgeries to be presented in one of
“m” identical operating rooms (ORs) or machines as the surgical case scheduling problem …

A hybrid machine learning approach to screen optimal predictors for the classification of primary breast tumors from gene expression microarray data

N Alromema, AH Syed, T Khan - Diagnostics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The high dimensionality and sparsity of the microarray gene expression data make it
challenging to analyze and screen the optimal subset of genes as predictors of breast …

Has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the corporate financial performance? A case study of Slovak enterprises

K Valaskova, D Gajdosikova, G Lazaroiu - Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal …, 2023 - ceeol.com
esearch background: The corporate debt situation can be considered a crucial factor influ-
encing the future development of the financial performance of the firm. It is essential for …

A novel pipeline age evaluation: considering overall condition index and neural network based on measured data

H Noroznia, M Gandomkar, J Nikoukar… - Machine Learning and …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Today, the chemical corrosion of metals is one of the main problems of large productions,
especially in the oil and gas industries. Due to massive downtime connected to corrosion …