Purpose: The ageing of the world’s population is causing an increase in the number of frail patients admitted to hospitals. In the absence of appropriate management and organisation, these patients risk an excessive length of stay and poor outcomes. To deal with this problem, the purpose of...

Workforce Management based on forecasted demand -- Operating rooms scheduling under uncertainty -- Idealised design and modelling of alternatives to hospital care -- A coordination model for enhancing research on rare diseases -- Integrating simulation and risk-based sensitivity analysis methods...

Airport pavement management systems (APMS) are computer-based decision support systems that can be used by the agencies running airports to determine cost-effective maintenance and rehabilitation strategies to preserve the various pavement structures (runways, taxiways, etc.) which are a...