This paper provides a comprehensive survey of research on operating room planning and
scheduling problems. Aiming to give a comprehensive classification on the studied …

We provide a comprehensive overview of the typical decisions to be made in resource
capacity planning and control in health care, and a structured review of relevant articles from …

As the only largest source of revenue and cost in a hospital, the operation room (OR)
scheduling problem is a hot research topic. Nonetheless, an integrated model is the missing …

Operating theatre represents one of the most critical and expensive hospital resources since
a high percentage of the hospital admissions is due to surgical interventions. The main …

In hospitals, the operating room (OR) is a particularly expensive facility and thus efficient
scheduling is imperative. This can be greatly supported by using advanced methods that are …

The objective of this paper is to design a weekly surgery schedule in an operating theatre
where time blocks are reserved for surgeons rather than specialities. Both operating rooms …

This paper studies the problem of scheduling elective surgery patients in the orthopedic
surgery division of Habib Bourguiba hospital in Tunisia. Two types of resources are …

A comprehensive review and analysis of operating room (OR) theatre scheduling problems
as well as a comparison of solution approaches along with suggestions for future studies are …

Optimizing the daily operating room schedule can be problematic because of the many
constraints that need to be taken into account, and solving this issue within a reasonable …

The scope of this work covers a real case of elective surgery planning in a Lisbon hospital.
The aim is to employ more efficiently the resources installed in the surgical suite of the …