This paper describes a methodology for the case mix problem in the health care sector. Aiming at maximizing the overall financial contribution of the given resource capacity within a hospital, the case mix problem is formulated as an integer linear programming model to produce the optimal...

Groundwater is experiencing substantial overdrafts and bearing ever-mounting freshwater demand. Existing groundwater management strategies are myopic and fail to orchestrate production and the operation of protection approaches, including managed aquifer recharge (MAR) and seawater intrusion...