Browsing by Subject "Operations Research"
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Adaptive Scheduling of Non-Emergency Patient Transfers with Workload Balancing Constraints: A Mixed Integer Programming Approach
(2019-08-30)Emergency Medical Services organizations are responsible for providing paramedic crews, vehicles and equipment to transfer patients from one location to another in emergency and non-emergency settings. In the non-emergency ... -
Centralized Waiting List for Outpatient Physiotherapy in the Central Zone of the Nova Scotia Health Authority
(2019-04-05)This thesis utilizes discrete event simulation to model four outpatient physiotherapy locations in the Central Zone of the Nova Scotia Health Authority. Centralization of intake is being considered to increase efficiency ... -
DESIGNING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PROCESSES TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF AMBULANCE OFFLOAD DELAY
(2019-08-22)Ambulance offload delay (AOD) occurs when the care of incoming ambulance patients cannot be transferred immediately from paramedics to staff in a hospital emergency department (ED). This is typically due to ED congestion. ... -
An integrated epidemiological supply chain management approach for the COVID-19 vaccine distribution and allocation problem
(2023-08-28)This thesis proposes an integrated model for vaccine distribution and allocation that combines an SEIR compartmental model with a transhipment model. Given the NP-hardness of the problem, eight solution methods are explored ... -
Optimization Framework for Natural Gas Storage Assets Subject to Price Uncertainty
(2020-08-28)Natural gas offers a clean and efficient fuel-burning method of power generation and heating. North America, specifically, features a sprawling network of natural gas pipelines and storage facilities that bring natural gas ... -
A PRODUCTION CAPACITY INVESTMENT DECISION-MAKING TOOL FOR THE INDOOR VERTICAL FARMING INDUSTRY
(2022-12-14)Indoor vertical farming (VF) systems are a form of controlled environment agriculture, making use of modern technology to improve food availability and security. Commercially, it is a young industry set to disrupt the food ...