Abstract:This paper describes the results of calculating hospital admission dates by computer using a relatively simple scheduling process. The scheduling process was developed as an extension to an existing computer-assisted waiting list system being used in a department of Urology. Results were obtained by observing the behaviour of the system over periods of 6 months before and after extension, and by running the extended system as part of a simulation model. It is shown that the relatively simple computer schedulin… Show more
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