Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 646249, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/646249
Research Article
Stateless Two-Stage Multiple Criteria Scheduling in Nuclear Medicine
1Department of Information Management, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
2Graduate Institute of Business and Administration, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
3Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
Received 5 October 2013; Revised 7 January 2014; Accepted 8 January 2014; Published 20 February 2014
Academic Editor: Ching-Ter Chang
Copyright © 2014 Shu-Yen Wan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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