SImulation and Optimization of Patient Transportation in Hospitals

What is it about?

The article discusses various aspects of modelling patient tranportation tasks in hospitals and shows approaches for solving the respective planning problems including simulation and the usage of metaheuritics optimization techniques.

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Why is it important?

Patient transportation is an important logistics planning problem in hospitals as it is a precondition for medical treatments and due to the involved costs. Moreover, the problem shows various particularities which distinguish it from standard transportation problems and which might differ according to the considered organization. Therefore, an adequate modelling is essential and solution techniques require adaptation to the considered model.

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