Planning and Decision Making for Care Transitions

A Decision-Making Tool for Home Health Care Nurses' Planning

Sonia Hajri-Gabouj URAII, INSAT, Tunis [email protected] This article deals with problems encountered be routing nurses through home health care services. It is difficult to assign patients to different care workers by taking into account their availability and their skills. If patients need several cares during a week, they may be treated by the same employee. We show that this problem...

Advanced care planning: policy and real-life decision-making?

Decision Making and Movement Planning

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Decision-Support Planning and Tools: Planning to Support Decision-Making

As the Army increases its focus on decisive action, more units are emphasizing decision-support templates and matrices as part of the planning process. Unfortunately, these tools have only minimally impacted tactical decision-making and mission outcomes because leaders are using these tools as another synchronization tool rather than focusing on decision points. When used correctly, decision-su...

Application of Fuzzy Decision-Making to Facility Layout Planning

This research proposes a vigorous methodology based on the fuzzy set theory to improve the facility layout process. Using natural language, the fuzzy set theory is an appropriate tool for controlling complex systems such as facility planning. The closeness rating between departments in a plant depends on qualitative and quantitative factors. Some of these factors may have a greater effect on th...