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Conference Paper: Optimizing Operator's and Users' Objectives in Non-Emergency Patients Transportation
Title | Optimizing Operator's and Users' Objectives in Non-Emergency Patients Transportation |
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Other Titles | Non-emergency patients transportation with the consideration of user inconvenience |
Authors | |
Keywords | Dial-a-ride problem Health care system Non-emergency Patients Transportation User inconvenience |
Issue Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Springer Nature. |
Citation | 4th International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering (HCSE) 2019, Montreal, Canada, 30 May - 1 June 2019. In Bélanger V ... (et al) (eds), Health Care Systems Engineering. HCSE 2019: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, v. 316, p. 13-13. Cham: Springer Nature How to Cite? |
Abstract | In this work, we study a Non-emergency Patients Transportation (NEPT) problem in the context of delivering such services in Hong Kong. The purpose of our work is to examine the user inconvenience (waiting time) with the goals of optimizing the vehicle utilization and operating costs. We developed a Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) formulation for the NEPT problem and solved the mathematical model by CPLEX to get optimal results. Using a weighted objective function-based sensitivity analysis, the behaviour of the MILP model is analyzed regarding multiple performance measures, namely operating cost, underutilization level, and user waiting time. This study provides decision makers with the insights into the impacts of objective weights on different performance measures. Our solutions not only reduce the operating costs but also the patient inconvenience. Moreover, our computational experiments based on a case study demonstrate the effective implementation of the model and show the practicality of our methodology. |
Description | Session: Patient and bed management |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/273480 |
ISBN | |
ISSN | 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.168 |
Series/Report no. | Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics (PROMS) ; v. 316 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Nasir, JA | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kuo, YH | - |
dc.contributor.author | Cheng, CK | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-08-06T09:29:47Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-08-06T09:29:47Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | 4th International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering (HCSE) 2019, Montreal, Canada, 30 May - 1 June 2019. In Bélanger V ... (et al) (eds), Health Care Systems Engineering. HCSE 2019: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, v. 316, p. 13-13. Cham: Springer Nature | - |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9783030396930 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2194-1009 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/273480 | - |
dc.description | Session: Patient and bed management | - |
dc.description.abstract | In this work, we study a Non-emergency Patients Transportation (NEPT) problem in the context of delivering such services in Hong Kong. The purpose of our work is to examine the user inconvenience (waiting time) with the goals of optimizing the vehicle utilization and operating costs. We developed a Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) formulation for the NEPT problem and solved the mathematical model by CPLEX to get optimal results. Using a weighted objective function-based sensitivity analysis, the behaviour of the MILP model is analyzed regarding multiple performance measures, namely operating cost, underutilization level, and user waiting time. This study provides decision makers with the insights into the impacts of objective weights on different performance measures. Our solutions not only reduce the operating costs but also the patient inconvenience. Moreover, our computational experiments based on a case study demonstrate the effective implementation of the model and show the practicality of our methodology. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Springer Nature. | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | 4th International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering (HCSE) 2019 | - |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics (PROMS) ; v. 316 | - |
dc.subject | Dial-a-ride problem | - |
dc.subject | Health care system | - |
dc.subject | Non-emergency Patients | - |
dc.subject | Transportation | - |
dc.subject | User inconvenience | - |
dc.title | Optimizing Operator's and Users' Objectives in Non-Emergency Patients Transportation | - |
dc.title.alternative | Non-emergency patients transportation with the consideration of user inconvenience | - |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
dc.identifier.email | Nasir, JA: janasir@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Kuo, YH: yhkuo@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.email | Cheng, CK: ckcheng@cs.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Kuo, YH=rp02314 | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Cheng, CK=rp00074 | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/978-3-030-39694-7_2 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85083970932 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 299699 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 310033 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 13 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 23 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2194-1017 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Cham | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2194-1009 | - |