Operational Research for Emergency Planning in Healthcare: Volume 1

1. A Synthesis of Operational Research for Emergency Planning in Healthcare through the Triple Lens of Technique-Domain-Context
N. Mustafee

Part I. OR for Locating Emergency Services

2. Locating Emergency Services with Different Priorities: The Priority Queuing Covering Location Problem
F. Silva, D. Serra

3. Decision Support Tools for Ambulance Dispatch and Relocation
T. Andersson, P. Värbrand

4. A Study of Situationally Aware Routing for Emergency Responders
M. J. Henchey, R. Batta, A. Blatt, M. Flanigan, K. Majka

Part II. OR for Operational Planning in Emergency Services

5. Multi-Criteria Approach Using Simulation-Based Balanced Scorecard for Supporting Decisions in Health-care Facilities: An Emergency Department Case Study
W. Abo-Hamad, A. Arisha

6. Combining Data Mining and Discrete Event Simulation for a Value-Added View of a Hospital Emergency Department
R. Ceglowski, L. Churilov, J. Wasserthiel

7. Uncovering Effective Process Improvement Strategies in an Emergency Department Using Discrete Event Simulation
O. H. Choon, Z. Dali, P. T. Beng, C. P. Y. Magdalene

8. Improving the Design and Operation of an Integrated Emergency Post via Simulation
N. J. Borgman, M. R. K. Mes, I. M. H. Vliegen, E. W. Hans

9. A Simulation Case Study to Improve Staffing Decisions at Mass Immunization Clinics for Pandemic Influenza
M. F. Beeler, D. M. Aleman, M. W. Carter

10. Modelling Treatment Effects in the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
J. D. Griffiths, Z. F. Lawson, J. E. Williams

Part III. OR for Inventory Management in Emergency Services

11. Impact of the Influenza Season on a Hospital from a Pharmaceutical Inventory Management Perspective
A. R. Vila-Parrish, J. S. Ivy, B. He

12. Perishable Inventory Management System with a Minimum Volume Constraint
Z. Shen, M. Dessouky, F. Ordonez

13. A Bayesian Decision Model with Hurricane Forecast Updates for Emergency Supplies Inventory Management
S. Taskin, E. J. Lodree

14. Using Simulation to Improve the Blood Supply Chain
K. Katsaliaki, S. C. Brailsford

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