Efficient Optimization of Route Planning for Intra-Hospital Patient Transportation using Discrete Event Simulation

Introduction: Patient transportation within the departments (i.e., Intra-Hospital) is one of the complex and frequent secondary activities in hospitals. Each transporter performs a non-continuous sequence of transport jobs in the shifts. Emergency situations like the pandemic can cause difficulty in [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]

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German Medical Science (German Research Foundation)
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2026-04-01
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https://doi.org/10.3205/25gmds209
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Facility Location and Emergency Management
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Efficient Optimization of Route Planning for Intra-Hospital Patient Transportation using Discrete Event Simulation

Cord Spreckelsen, Sasanka Potluri, Saran Karthikeyan
German Medical Science (German Research Foundation)
Facility Location and Emergency Management
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Efficient Optimization of Route Planning for Intra-Hospital Patient Transportation using Discrete Event Simulation

Cord Spreckelsen, Sasanka Potluri, Saran Karthikeyan
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Introduction: Patient transportation within the departments (i.e., Intra-Hospital) is one of the complex and frequent secondary activities in hospitals. Each transporter performs a non-continuous sequence of transport jobs in the shifts. Emergency situations like the pandemic can cause difficulty in [for full text, please go to the a.m. URL]

German Medical Science (German Research Foundation)
Jena University Hospital (DE)
Openalex Percentile: Top 35%
Facility Location and Emergency Management
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