Inland waterways form a natural network infrastructure with capacity for more traffic. Transportation by ship is widely promoted as it is a reliable, efficient and environmental friendly way of transport. Nevertheless, locks managing the water level on waterways and within harbours sometimes...

Tactical planning of resources in hospitals concerns elective patient admission planning and the intermediate term allocation of resource capacities. Its main objectives are to achieve equitable access for patients, to meet production targets/to serve the strategically agreed number of patients,...

Due to surgery duration variability and arrivals of emergency surgeries, the planned Operating Room (OR) schedule is disrupted throughout the day which may lead to a change in the start time of the elective surgeries. These changes may result in undesirable situations for patients, wards or...