Applying Queuing Theory and Mixed Integer Programming to Blood Center Nursing Schedules of a Large Hospital in China

Table 2

Predicted minimum number of open blood collection windows.

Date		Period	c.min
Monday	5.23	1	9	1.33	6.98	0	2.9	15.15	0	8.17	0.91
	2.16	2	4	1.69	3.66	0	3.26	7.03	0	3.38	0.84
	0.79	3	2	0.96	0.76	0	2.52	1.99	0	1.23	0.62
Wednesday	4.56	1	8	1.21	5.51	0	2.77	12.63	0	7.12	0.89
	1.61	2	3	2.29	3.69	0.01	3.86	6.21	0.01	2.52	0.84
	0.67	3	2	0.59	0.4	0	2.15	1.44	0	1.05	0.52
Saturday	2.45	1	5	0.65	1.6	0	2.22	5.43	0	3.83	0.77
	0.89	2	2	1.46	1.3	0	3.02	2.69	0	1.39	0.7
	0.42	3	1	2.98	1.25	0.02	4.55	1.91	0.04	0.66	0.66