Dynamic capacity allocation in a radiology service considering different types of patients, individual no-show probabilities, and overbooking
Abstract Background We propose a mathematical model formulated as a finite-horizon Markov Decision Process (MDP) to allocate capacity in a radiology department that serves different types of patients. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first attempt at considering radiology resources with dif...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-09-01
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| Series: | BMC Health Services Research |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06918-y |