An approximate dynamic programming approach to the admission control of elective patients
Jian Zhang,
Mahjoub Dridi,
Abdellah El Moudni
Abstract:In this paper, we propose an approximate dynamic programming algorithm to solve a Markov decision process (MDP) formulation for the admission control of elective patients. To manage elective patients from multiple specialties equitably and efficiently, we establish a waiting list of patients and assign each patient a time-dependent dynamic priority. Then taking the random arrivals of patients into account, sequential decisions are made on a weekly basis. At the end of each week, we select the patients to be tr… Show more
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