Role of metaheuristic algorithms in healthcare: a comprehensive investigation across clinical diagnosis, medical imaging, operations management, and public health

A Lameesa, M Hoque, MSB Alam… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Metaheuristic algorithms have emerged in recent years as effective computational tools for
addressing complex optimization problems in many areas, including healthcare. These …

Home healthcare routing and scheduling: operations research approaches and contemporary challenges

M Masmoudi, J Euchi, P Siarry - Annals of Operations Research, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Home Health Care services aim to provide comprehensive care and support to
patients in the comfort of their homes, ensuring a quality of service comparable to that of …

Collaborative scheduling and routing of home healthcare service across multiple communities

Y Wang, W Hu, JK Hao, J Feng - OR Spectrum, 2024 - Springer
As an important home health care mode in China, the home-community service mode
focuses on the impact of healthcare centers in each community and coordinates the medical …

The home health care routing with heterogeneous electric vehicles and synchronization

E Cebeci, E Yücel, Ç Koç - OR Spectrum, 2024 - Springer
This paper studies the problem of heterogeneous electric vehicles, fast chargers, and
synchronized jobs that have time windows in home healthcare routing and scheduling. We …

Data-based optimisation of intra-hospital patient transport capacity planning

T Kropp, Y Gao, K Lennerts - OR Spectrum, 2024 - Springer
Efficient and timely organisational healthcare processes are urgent for patient satisfaction
and medical success in hospitals. Despite process analysis and problem identification, there …

Multi-objective optimization in short and mid-term home health care planning

J Zhao - 2024 - theses.hal.science
The Home Health Care (HHC) provides essential care to the elderly, disabled, and
chronically ill, funded by social insurance and taxation. HHC companies must plan …