Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10484193 Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 2013 15 Pages PDF
Abstract
► Clinics divide consultation periods into slots. ► Appropriate slot length depends on no-show and service time. ► A heuristic is developed for scheduling patients without slots. ► The heuristic results in higher profit schedules. ► The heuristic is used to design better slot structures.
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Sequential clinical scheduling with patient no-show: The impact of pre-defined slot structures
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