Optimal Scheduling for an Outpatient Clinic

Abstract

A problem of an outpatient clinic is described. The problem is then formulated as a queueing problem with some special properties. Using a few results in queueing theory the authors discuss the existence of some parameters of this model. In order to find explicitly the optimal schedule of patients in a clinic a trade-off between patient waiting time and doctor idle time was used. A simulation program was coded and run in order to find the expected waiting time and the total relevant costs of the clinic.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0769676

Entities

People

  • D. Granot
  • F. Granot

Organizations

  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Delivery Of Health Care
  • Distribution Functions
  • Efficiency
  • Health Care
  • Health Services
  • Operating Systems
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Sequences
  • Simulations
  • Steady State
  • Therapy
  • Universities

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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Operations Research