A new heuristic algorithm for the operating room scheduling problem

An Operating Room Scheduling Strategy to Maximize the Use of Operating Room Block Time

Franklin Dexter, Alex Macario, Rodney D. Traub et al. · Anesthesia & Analgesia · 1999 · 288 citations

Pharmacy, Operations Management, Surgery +16

A planning and scheduling problem for an operating theatre using an open scheduling strategy

H. Fei, Nadine Meskens, Chengbin Chu · Computers & Industrial Engineering · 2009 · 279 citations

Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management +16

Efficiency of the operating room suite

Avi A. Weinbroum, Perla Ekstein, Tiberiu Ezri · The American Journal of Surgery · 2003 · 160 citations

Nursing, Operations Management, Surgery +10

Solving surgical cases assignment problem by a branch-and-price approach

H. Fei, Chengbin Chu, Nadine Meskens et al. · International Journal of Production Economics · 2007 · 156 citations

Business, Decision Sciences, Surgery +7

Solving a tactical operating room planning problem by a column-generation-based heuristic procedure with four criteria

H. Fei, Chengbin Chu, Nadine Meskens · Annals of Operations Research · 2008 · 148 citations

Management, Decision Sciences, Operations Management +12