Research Article

Day Surgery Scheduling and Optimization in Large Public Hospitals in China: A Three-Station Job Shop Scheduling Problem

Table 2

Parameters and descriptions used in the DSS model considering the emergency surgeries.

ParameterDescription

Day surgeries that have been scheduled before the arrival of emergency surgeries
Set of emergency surgeries
Day surgeries that must be rescheduled after the arrival of emergency surgeries
Arrival time of emergency surgery
The latest start time of emergency surgery
The available starting time of resource when the day surgeries must be rescheduled
Priority parameter of emergency surgery

Decision variables
Starting time of operation of the emergency surgery on resource ,
Leaving time of operation of the emergency surgery on resource ,