processed data from the German Operating Room Benchmarking initiative. This initiative collects surgical process data from over …-dimensionality, making it especially valuable for operating room planning in Operations Research. We consider detailed steps of the … it is necessary to test operating room planning methods in different settings, e.g., using data sets like ours. Further …

We propose a generalized, practitioner-oriented operating-leverage model for predicting operating income using net … sales, cost of sales, depreciation, and SG&A. Prior research links operating income directly to these items; hence, our … model includes all aggregate revenues and expenses that comprise operating income. Prior research finds that the cost of …