Semi-online patient scheduling in pathology laboratories

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Highlights：

• A semi-online patient scheduling problem in the pathology laboratory is studied.

• The problem is formulated as a semi-online hybrid shop scheduling problem.

• A genetic algorithm is developed for solving the problem.

• Several experiments are conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the approach.

• The approach reduces waiting time of patients and improves operations efficiency.

摘要

•A semi-online patient scheduling problem in the pathology laboratory is studied.•The problem is formulated as a semi-online hybrid shop scheduling problem.•A genetic algorithm is developed for solving the problem.•Several experiments are conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the approach.•The approach reduces waiting time of patients and improves operations efficiency.

论文关键词：Health care operations management,Patients scheduling,Pathology laboratory,Genetic algorithm,Response surface methodology

论文评审过程：Received 21 May 2013, Revised 4 April 2015, Accepted 4 May 2015, Available online 12 May 2015, Version of Record 2 September 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2015.05.001