Research Article

A Probabilistic Patient Scheduling Model with Time Variable Slots

Table 1

Comparison across recent studies.

StudyModeling approachNo-showsService timeApp. intervalScheduling

Cayirli et al. [12] (2006)Rules1-classLong\short (deterministic)VariableOnline
Huang and Verduzco [13] (2015)Rules1-classObjective (deterministic)VariableOnline
Bentayeb et al. [14] (2019)Rules1-classPredicted (deterministic)VariableOnline
Ratcliffe et al. [15] (2012)SP (analytical)2-class (simulated)FixedFixedOffline
Muthraman and Lawley [16] (2008)SP (analytical)N-class (simulated)Exponential (stochastic)FixedOnline
Zacarias et al. [10] (2014)SP (analytical)N-class (simulated)Log-normal (stochastic)FixedOnline
C. Yan et al. [17] (2015)SPN-class (simulated)Exponential (stochastic)FixedOnline
Samorani and Harris [18] (2019)SMIPN-class (predicted)FixedFixedOnline
Savelsbergh and Smilowitz [19] (2016)ILPN-classFixedFixedOffline
Ruiz Hernández et al. [11] (2019)MIPPredicted ProbabilitiesFixedFixedOffline
Proposed schedulingILPPredicted ProbabilitiesVariableVariableOffline