Railway dispatchers reschedule trains in real-time in order to limit the propagation of disturbances and to regulate traffic in their respective dispatching areas by minimizing the deviation from the off-line timetable. However, the decisions taken in one area may influence the quality and even...

Il blocco operatorio costituisce lo snodo centrale del percorso chirurgico. In un’ottica lean di revisione dei processi, la programmazione chirurgica deve mantenere allineato il servizio con la domanda. Di conseguenza, è necessario trovare il giusto compromesso tra l’esigenza di mantenere...

This paper addresses a problem arising in the coordination between two consecutive departments of a production system, where parts are processed in batches, and each batch is characterized by two distinct attributes. Due to the lack of interstage buffering between the two stages, these...

This research aims at supporting hospital management in making prompt Operating Room (OR) planning decisions, when either unpredicted events occur or alternative scenarios or configurations need to be rapidly evaluated. We design and test a planning tool enabling managers to efficiently analyse...