Solving a big-scaled hospital facility layout problem with meta-heuristics algorithms

The main objective of the hospital facility layout problem is to place the polyclinics, laboratories and radiology units within the predefined boundaries in such way that minimize the movement cost of patients and healthcare staff. Especially in big-scaled hospitals including several different speci...

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Main Authors: Vahit Tongur, Mehmet Hacibeyoglu, Erkan Ulker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:Engineering Science and Technology, an International Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221509861931016X