A hybrid tabu search algorithm for automatically assigning patients to beds
Written by Peter Demeester, Wouter Souffriau, Patrick De Causmaecker, Greet Vanden Berghe on January 1, 2010 – 11:00 pm -Abstract: Objective: We describe a patient admission scheduling algorithm that supports the operational decisions in a hospital. It involves efficiently assigning patients to beds in the appropriate departments, taking into account the medical needs of the patients as well as their preferences, while keeping the number of patients in the different departments balanced.Methods: Due to the combinatorial complexity of the admission scheduling problem, there is a need for an algorithm that intelligently assists the admission scheduler in taking decisions fast. To this end a hybridized tabu search algorithm is developed to tackle the admission scheduling problem. For testing, we use a randomly generated data set. The performance of the algorithm is compared with an integer programming approach.Results and conclusion: The metaheuristic allows flexible modelling and presents feasible solutions even when disrupted by the user at an early stage in the calculation. The integer programming approach is not able to find a solution in 1h of calculation time.
Posted in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine | Comments Off
Scalable approach for effective control of gene regulatory networks
January 1, 2010 – 11:00 pmAbstract: Objective: Interactions between genes are realized as gene regulatory ...
Comments OffCoding of amino acids by texture descriptors
January 1, 2010 – 11:00 pmAbstract: Objective: In this paper we propose a new feature ...
Comments OffSecure construction of k-unlinkable patient records from distributed providers
January 1, 2010 – 11:00 pmAbstract: Objectives: Healthcare organizations must adopt measures to uphold their ...
Comments OffSemantic SenseLab: Implementing the vision of the Semantic Web in neuroscience
January 1, 2010 – 11:00 pmAbstract: Objective: Integrative neuroscience research needs a scalable informatics framework ...
Comments OffAdopting model checking techniques for clinical guidelines verification
January 1, 2010 – 11:00 pmAbstract: Objectives: Clinical guidelines (GLs) are assuming a major role ...
Comments OffNICE clinical guidelines. Low hold-up pain: The cock’s-crow management of undeviating non-specific check woe <<>>
December 1, 2009 – 11:00 pmIn May 2009 the Popular Establish for Fitness and Clinical ...
Comments Off