The flow of patients through geriatric hospitals has been previously described in terms of acute (short‐stay), rehabilitation (medium‐stay), and long‐stay states where the bed occupancy at a census point is modelled by a mixed exponential model using BOMPS (Bed Occupancy Modelling and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to verify whether an evolutionary model outperforms logistic regression in determining the institutional placement decisions made by a London social service department panel. Design/methodology/approach – Genetic chromodynamics models an algorithm...