Scheduling operating rooms: achievements, challenges and pitfalls

• Published in: Journal of scheduling Vol. 19; no. 5; pp. 493 - 525
• Main Authors: Samudra, Michael, Van Riet, Carla, Demeulemeester, Erik, Cardoen, Brecht, Vansteenkiste, Nancy, Rademakers, Frank E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.10.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accumulation; Artificial Intelligence; Automation; Business and Management; Business process reengineering; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization; Classification; Guidelines; Hospital costs; Hospitals; Invited Survey Paper; Management science; Operations research; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Optimization; Production planning; Readers; Research methodology; Researchers; Scheduling; Studies; Supply Chain Management; Surgery; Tables; Tasks; Trends; Surgery scheduling; Review; Operating room planning; Health care management

In hospitals, the operating room (OR) is a particularly expensive facility and thus efficient scheduling is imperative. This can be greatly supported by using advanced methods that are discussed in the academic literature. In order to help researchers and practitioners to select new relevant article...