Publications by authors named "Manuel Walther"
Combining machine learning and optimization for the operational patient-bed assignment problem.
Health Care Manag Sci
December 2023
Article Synopsis
- The assignment of hospital beds significantly affects patient satisfaction and the workload of medical staff while facing uncertainties like emergency patient arrivals.
- The study introduces a machine learning model to better predict emergency patient arrivals by analyzing various data, achieving up to 17% improved accuracy over traditional methods.
- Additionally, it presents a new hyper-heuristic optimization method that enhances bed assignment efficiency by up to 5.3%, demonstrating the effectiveness of combining machine learning with advanced optimization techniques.