Nurse Scheduling of an Emergency Department in Order to Decreasing Patients Waiting Time Using Simulation and Genetic Algorithm

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Fazeli, Sajjad | 2015

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Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
Language: Farsi
Document No: 46809 (01)
University: Sharif University of Technology
Department: Industrial Engineering
Advisor(s): Mahlooji, Hashem
Abstract:
This work attempt to analyze the impact of changes in nurse scheduling on quality of services at emergency department of Emam Khomeini Hospital Complex. In nurse scheduling some constraints such as maximum working hours per week and unacceptable working sequences must be considered. A simulation model is developed to cover the complete flow for the patient through the emergency department. Emergency department of Emam Khomeini is simulated in order to obtain the patient average waiting time for each nurse roster. Then a genetic algorithm is integrated with the simulation model. In each iteration genetic algorithm produces many nurse rosters . For each roster the patient average waiting time is obtained by simulation. Finally the best nurse roster is chosen as the near optimal solution. The results have indicate that the modified nurse scheduling algorithm has noticeable impact influence in reducing patient waiting times
Keywords:
Optimization ; Simulation ; Genetic Algorithm ; Nurses Scheduling Problem ; Patient Waiting Time

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