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Mid-term and short-term planning support for home health care services

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  • Nickel, Stefan
  • Schröder, Michael
  • Steeg, Jörg

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In this paper we are looking at routing and scheduling problems arising in the context of home health care services. Many small companies are working in this sector in Germany and planning is still done manually, resulting in long planning times and relatively inflexible solutions.

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  • Nickel, Stefan & Schröder, Michael & Steeg, Jörg, 2012. "Mid-term and short-term planning support for home health care services," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 219(3), pages 574-587.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ejores:v:219:y:2012:i:3:p:574-587
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.10.042
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