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Blocking Policies

Blocking Policies is a strategic framework within appointment systems that governs the reservation or denial of time slots to specific types of appointments or patients, distinguishing it from other scheduling mechanisms by its focus on controlling access to capacity in order to manage demand, reduce disruptions, and optimize resource utilization.

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2017–2026

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Job-shop scheduling with blocking and no-wait constraints

Alessandro Mascis, Dario Pacciarelli · European Journal of Operational Research · 2002 · 473 citations

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Blocking When Service Is Required From Several Facilities Simultaneously

Ward Whitt · AT&T Technical Journal · 1985 · 306 citations

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Surgical block scheduling in a system of hospitals: an application to resource and wait list management in a British Columbia health authority

Pablo Santibáñez, Mehmet A. Begen, Derek Atkins · Health Care Management Science · 2007 · 185 citations

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Block appointment systems for outpatient clinics with multiple doctors

L Liu, X Liu · Journal of the Operational Research Society · 1998 · 82 citations

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Switching theory : architectures and performance in broadband ATM networks

Achille Pattavina · Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha) · 1998 · 77 citations

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Authors

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  1. KD
    Kenneth D. Mandl

    Boston Children's Hospital, United States

    2 publications · 100 citations

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  2. JA
    Julia Adler‐Milstein

    University of California, San Francisco, United States

    2 publications · 121 citations

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  3. SB
    Subir Biswas

    Michigan State University, United States

    2 publications · 59 citations

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  4. SF
    Silvia Figueira

    Santa Clara University, United States

    1 publications · 35 citations

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  5. GC
    Gautam Choudhury

    Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, India

    1 publications · 11 citations

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Institutions

48

  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    544 citations

  2. AT&T (United States)

    Bedminster, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    418 citations

  3. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    71 citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    242 citations

  5. Mass General Brigham

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    85 citations

  6. Boston Children's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    2 h-index

    9 publications

    604 citations

  7. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

    Athens, Greece

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    48 citations

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Venues

  1. European Journal of Operational Research

    2 publications · 499 citations

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  2. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

    2 publications · 66 citations

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  3. Performance Evaluation

    2 publications · 64 citations

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  4. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association

    JAMIA · 1 publications · 48 citations

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  5. Journal of Medical Internet Research

    1 publications · 28 citations

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