Table 1.
Literature review on outpatient appointment scheduling problems and operating room scheduling problems.
| References | Problem | Mathematical Model or Simulation Model | Methodology |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chen et al. [1] | Outpatient appointment scheduling | Mathematical model and discrete-event simulation model | System simulation with simulation optimization |
| Sun et al. [5] | Outpatient appointment scheduling | Mathematical model | Stochastic programming and heuristic algorithms |
| Qiu et al. [6] | Outpatient appointment scheduling | Mathematical model | Meta-heuristic algorithms |
| Cappanera et al. [8] | Outpatient appointment scheduling | Mathematical model | Heuristic algorithms |
| Pan et al. [14] | Outpatient appointment scheduling | Mathematical model | Stochastic programming and heuristic algorithms |
| Millhiser and Veral [15] | Outpatient appointment scheduling | Mathematical model and discrete-event simulation model | System simulation |
| Ahmed and Alkhamis [17] | Operating room scheduling | Mathematical model | System simulation with simulation optimization |
| Rau et al. [18] | Outpatient physical therapy service | Discrete-event simulation model | System simulation |
| Hur et al. [19] | Outpatient appointment scheduling | Mathematical model | Stochastic programming and heuristic algorithms |
| Huang et al. [20] | Operating room scheduling | Monte Carlo simulation | System simulation |
| Lee et al. [23] | Outpatient appointment scheduling | Mathematical model | Heuristic algorithms |
| Klassen and Yoogalingam [26] | Outpatient appointment scheduling | Mathematical model | Simulation optimization |
| Moreno and Blanco [30] | Outpatient appointment scheduling | Mathematical model | Mathematical software |
| Baesler et al. [31] | Operating room scheduling | Discrete-event simulation model | System simulation |
| Xiao et al. [35] | Operating room scheduling | Mathematical model | Stochastic programming and sample average approximation method |
| Baril et al. [38] | Outpatient orthopaedic clinic | Discrete-event simulation model | System simulation |
| Wu et al. [40] | Outpatient appointment scheduling | Discrete-event simulation model | System simulation |
| Liu [43] | Outpatient appointment scheduling | Mathematical model | Queueing theory |
| Ma et al. [44] | Outpatient appointment scheduling | Mathematical model | Heuristic algorithms |
| Ferrand et al. [48] | Operating room scheduling | Discrete-event simulation model | System simulation |