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Title: Optimization of hospital emergency department
Authors: Simpson, Mackenzie Robert Andrew
Keywords: Emergency department optimization;Integer liner programming;Improving emergency department efficiency
Issue Date: 2021
Abstract: This thesis is centered around the topic of emergency department(ED) optimization. Working in conjunction with the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre a simulation model was developed to determine an optimal physician schedule for the high acuity portion of the ED. The simulation uses patients generated based on the data provided. The simulation accounts for resource usage and coordinating physician patient interaction. As a secondary component to the thesis the minimum cut problem is investigated, as it has potential in aiding physicians in the ED. During this investigation a local search algorithm is proposed and the effects of parallelization are investigated.
URI: http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/4738
metadata.etd.degree.discipline: Computer Science
metadata.etd.degree.name: Master of Science
metadata.etd.degree.level: Master
metadata.dc.contributor.advisor: Choudhury, Salimur
Savage, David
metadata.dc.contributor.committeemember: Yang, Yimin
Yassine, Abdulsalam
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