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Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 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

Shu-Yen Wan,1 Che-Yao Chang,1,2 Chun-Ling Wang,1 and Kun-Ju Lin3

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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