Research Reports from the Department of Operations
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
11-1-1969
Abstract
Research in hospital systems suggests the grouping of the various rules for allocating facilities to requests in surgery into five major categories called scheduling disciplines. This paper reports an effort to analyze and compare the efficiencies of these policies using queueing theory and computer simulation. Results obtained from actual studies of two major hospitals are provided in the form of graphs and figures. Given a facility with N operating rooms and depending on management's objectives, an optimal scheduling doctrine can be devised using these graphs. These graphs can also aid in the optimal planning and design of hospital facilities.
Keywords
Operations research, Operating rooms--Management, Queueing theory, Hospital buildings--Design and construction, Health facilities--Planning, Computer simulation, Health services administration
Publication Title
Technical Memorandums from the Department of Operations, School of Management, Case Western Reserve University
Issue
Technical memorandum no. 168
Rights
This work is in the public domain and may be freely downloaded for personal or academic use
Recommended Citation
Esogbue, Augustine O., "Experiments on Scheduling Disciplines in Surgery: A Simulated Queueing Approach" (1969). Research Reports from the Department of Operations. 200.
https://commons.case.edu/wsom-ops-reports/200