Title: A single and triple-objective mathematical programming models for assignment of services in a healthcare institution

Authors: Bartosz Sawik

Addresses: Department of Applied Computer Science, Faculty of Management, AGH University of Science and Technology, Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

Abstract: This paper presents three multi-objective mathematical programming models by mixed integer programming for optimal allocation of workers among supporting services in a hospital. The services include logistics, inventory management, financial management, operations management, medical analysis, etc. The optimality criteria of the problem are minimisation of operational costs of supporting services subject to some specific constraints. The constraints represent specific conditions for resource allocation in a hospital. The overall problem is formulated as a multi-criteria assignment model, where the decision variables represent the assignment of people to various jobs. Numerical examples are presented and some computational results modelled on a real data from a hospital in Lesser Poland are reported.

Keywords: multicriteria decision support; resource allocation; worker assignment; worker allocation; mathematical programming; logistics; inventory management; financial management; medical analysis; operations management; healthcare planning; modelling; mixed integer programming; MIP; healthcare workers; employee assignment; employee allocation; healthcare services; hospitals; Poland.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2013.053770

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, 2013 Vol.15 No.2/3, pp.249 - 259

Published online: 27 Sep 2013 *

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