Abstract
From the on-line point, we consider the hospital’s medical examination appointment problem with hierarchical machines. This approach eliminates the need for both demand forecasts and a risk-neutrality assumption. Due to different unit revenue, uncertain demand, and arrival of patients, we design on-line booking policies for two kinds of different situations from the perspective of on-line policy and competitive analysis. After that, we prove the optimal competitive ratios. Through numerical examples, we compare advantages and disadvantages between on-line policies and traditional policies, finding that there is different superiority for these two policies under different arrival sequences.
Citation
Li Luo. Chun-rong Qin. Shi-jun Tang. Xian Chen. Hui-li Guo. "On-Line Booking Policies and Competitive Analysis of Medical Examination in Hospital." J. Appl. Math. 2014 (SI24) 1 - 6, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/394181
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