Over the last decades, hospitals have faced increasing financial pressure due to rising costs
and changes in reimbursement policies. One of the reasons for this development is the …

In this paper we provide a wide-ranging review of the literature on stochastic modeling
applications within aviation, with a particular focus on problems involving demand and …

Public bike-sharing programs have been deployed in hundreds of cities worldwide,
improving mobility in a socially equitable and environmentally sustainable way. However …

The flexible job shop scheduling problem (FJSP) is a typical scheduling problem in practical
production and has been proven to be a NP-hard problem. The study of FJSP is important to …

Organizations need to focus on many parameters to reach their goals such as personnel
satisfaction at the top level, profit maximization, increasing system efficiency and minimizing …

Abstract The field of “Sustainable Operations” and the term itself have arisen only in the last
ten to twenty years in the context of sustainable development. Even though the term is …

Many queueing systems are subject to time-dependent changes in system parameters, such
as the arrival rate or number of servers. Examples include time-dependent call volumes and …

Problem definition: Lawmakers have begun to introduce “fair schedule” legislations that
require employers to provide shift workers with more predictable and consistent work …

Emergency departments (EDs) are one of the main entry points of a hospital, offering non-
stop healthcare services to patients with various needs. ED crowding is considered a major …

Workforce planning for home healthcare represents an important and challenging task
involving complex factors associated with labor regulations, caregivers' preferences, and …