Reactive operating theatre scheduling
Spratt, Belinda G. (2018) Reactive operating theatre scheduling. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.
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Belinda Spratt Thesis (PDF 2MB) |
Description
This project considers the planning and scheduling of an operating theatre at a large Australian public hospital, with the aim of reducing the length of elective surgery waiting lists. Operating theatre planning and scheduling is performed using an integrated approach, where specialties, surgeons, and patients are scheduled simultaneously. Hyper and hybrid metaheuristic techniques are presented, as the case study instances are too difficult for commercial solvers. Results indicate that these methods can be implemented in real-life to improve surgical departments at public hospitals by reducing surgical overtime, increasing patient throughput, and increasing operating theatre utilisation.
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| ID Code: | 116885 |
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| Item Type: | QUT Thesis (PhD) |
| Supervisor: | Kozan, Erhan & Tian, Glen |
| Additional Information: | The Faculty has granted an embargo until 15th Mar 2020. |
| Keywords: | Optimisation, Health, Scheduling, Operating Theatre Planning and Scheduling, Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming, Metaheuristics, Hybrid Metaheuristics, Hyper Metaheuristics, Reactive, Robust |
| DOI: | 10.5204/thesis.eprints.116885 |
| Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Science & Engineering Faculty Past > Schools > School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Current > Schools > School of Mathematical Sciences |
| Institution: | Queensland University of Technology |
| Deposited On: | 12 Jun 2018 05:04 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jan 2025 14:44 |
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