downstream resource constraint

A Distributionally Robust Optimization Approach for Stochastic Elective Surgery Scheduling with Limited Intensive Care Unit Capacity

  • Rema Padman
  • Karmel S. Shehadeh
    • Categories (Mixed) Integer Linear Programming, Scheduling, Stochastic Programming Tags , , , , ,

    In this paper, we study the decision process of assigning elective surgery patients to available surgical blocks in multiple operating rooms (OR) under random surgery durations, random postoperative length-of-stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), and limited capacity of ICU. The probability distributions of random parameters are assumed to be ambiguous, and only the mean … Read more

    Adaptive Elective Surgery Planning Under Duration and Length-Of-Stay Uncertainty: A Robust Optimization Approach

  • Bjorn Berg
  • Saba Neyshabouri
    • Categories Cutting Plane Approaches, Robust Optimization, Scheduling Tags , , ,

    Scheduling elective surgeries is a complicated task due to the coupled effect of multiple sources of uncertainty and the impact of the proposed schedule on the downstream units. In this paper, we propose an adaptive robust optimization model to address the existing uncertainty in surgery duration and length-of-stay in the surgical intensive care unit. The … Read more