Abstract The contributions of Operations Research (OR) in the healthcare field have been
extensively studied in the scientific literature since the 1960s, covering decision support …

The intrinsic stochasticity of patients' response to treatment is a major consideration for
clinical decision‐making in radiation therapy. Markov models are powerful tools to capture …

Patient wait time can negatively impact treatment quality in a proton therapy center, where
multiple treatment rooms share one proton beam. Wait time increases patient discomfort that …

This paper introduces a model to aid decision-makers in answering many of the important
questions regarding how best to operate a cancer center. This study aims to allocate the …

Under the background of the unbalanced supply and demand of medical diagnostic
equipment and rising health care costs, this study aims to optimize the service scheduling for …

Proton therapy, a highly targeted radiation treatment for tumors, is experiencing high
demand in recent years. Many studies focused more on improving patient throughput and …

This paper examines a decentralized admission control system with partial capacity sharing
in a hospital setting. The admission decision is made by each physician who is assigned a …

Hospital beds are one of the most critical medical resources. Large hospitals in China have
caused bed utilization rates to exceed 100% due to long‐term extra beds. To alleviate the …

Hospitals are facing unprecedented challenges and economic pressure and therefore
forced to find new ways to make their processes more effective and use their resources more …

AimTreatment with Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) is highly complex due to a variety of
activities integrated into the workflow to ensure treatment quality and patient safety. The …