{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4386526902","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2023.2252937","title":"Distributed appointment assignment and scheduling under uncertainty","display_name":"Distributed appointment assignment and scheduling under uncertainty","publication_year":2023,"publication_date":"2023-09-07","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4386526902","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2023.2252937"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1080/00207543.2023.2252937","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2023.2252937","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S65690446","display_name":"International Journal of Production Research","issn_l":"0020-7543","issn":["0020-7543","1366-588X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Production Research","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"http://ira.lib.polyu.edu.hk/bitstream/10397/107533/1/Xue_Distributed_Appointment_Assignment.pdf","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100372201","display_name":"Xue Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4515-6792"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I17145004","display_name":"Northwestern Polytechnical University","ror":"https://ror.org/01y0j0j86","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I17145004"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Li Xue","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I17145004"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5069492048","display_name":"Yantong Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9703-3882"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I43313876","display_name":"Dalian Maritime University","ror":"https://ror.org/002b7nr53","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I43313876"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Yantong Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Maritime Economics and Management, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, People's Republic of China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Maritime Economics and Management, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, People's Republic of China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I43313876"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100401061","display_name":"Zheng Wang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7598-7717"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I43313876","display_name":"Dalian Maritime University","ror":"https://ror.org/002b7nr53","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I43313876"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zheng Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Maritime Economics and Management, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, People's Republic of China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Maritime Economics and Management, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian, People's Republic of China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I43313876"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5029344924","display_name":"Sai\u2010Ho Chung","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0534-7930"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I14243506","display_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","ror":"https://ror.org/0030zas98","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sai-Ho Chung","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5050972553","display_name":"Xin Wen","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0279-6869"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I14243506","display_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","ror":"https://ror.org/0030zas98","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Xin Wen","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5069492048"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I43313876"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.0786,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":7,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.86662558,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"62","issue":"1-2","first_page":"318","last_page":"335"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11773","display_name":"Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization","score":0.9993000030517578,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3604","display_name":"Emergency Medical Services"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11773","display_name":"Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization","score":0.9993000030517578,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3604","display_name":"Emergency Medical Services"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/36","display_name":"Health Professions"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/4","display_name":"Health Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10974","display_name":"Advanced Queuing Theory Analysis","score":0.9961000084877014,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10328","display_name":"Supply Chain and Inventory Management","score":0.9922999739646912,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1404","display_name":"Management Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/tardiness","display_name":"Tardiness","score":0.6754146814346313},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.6347880959510803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scheduling","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","score":0.6032112240791321},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5952097177505493},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/job-shop-scheduling","display_name":"Job shop scheduling","score":0.57503741979599},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/benders-decomposition","display_name":"Benders' decomposition","score":0.5537991523742676},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/stochastic-programming","display_name":"Stochastic programming","score":0.5246725082397461},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operations-research","display_name":"Operations research","score":0.4766700565814972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/service","display_name":"Service (business)","score":0.4342103600502014},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/decomposition","display_name":"Decomposition","score":0.41841375827789307},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.21226122975349426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/schedule","display_name":"Schedule","score":0.20158043503761292},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.18707159161567688}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778047078","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82299449","display_name":"Tardiness","level":4,"score":0.6754146814346313},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.6347880959510803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206729178","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2271896","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","level":2,"score":0.6032112240791321},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5952097177505493},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55416958","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6206757","display_name":"Job shop scheduling","level":3,"score":0.57503741979599},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C27665512","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3042795","display_name":"Benders' decomposition","level":2,"score":0.5537991523742676},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C137631369","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7617831","display_name":"Stochastic programming","level":2,"score":0.5246725082397461},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42475967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194292","display_name":"Operations research","level":1,"score":0.4766700565814972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780378061","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25351891","display_name":"Service (business)","level":2,"score":0.4342103600502014},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124681953","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q339062","display_name":"Decomposition","level":2,"score":0.41841375827789307},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.21226122975349426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68387754","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7271585","display_name":"Schedule","level":2,"score":0.20158043503761292},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.18707159161567688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C136264566","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159810","display_name":"Economy","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1080/00207543.2023.2252937","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2023.2252937","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S65690446","display_name":"International Journal of Production Research","issn_l":"0020-7543","issn":["0020-7543","1366-588X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320547","host_organization_name":"Taylor & Francis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320547"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Taylor & Francis"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Production Research","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:ira.lib.polyu.edu.hk:10397/107533","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10397/107533","pdf_url":"http://ira.lib.polyu.edu.hk/bitstream/10397/107533/1/Xue_Distributed_Appointment_Assignment.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400205","display_name":"PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I14243506","host_organization_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Journal/Magazine Article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:62:y:2024:i:1-2:p:318-335","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/00207543.2023.2252937","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401271","display_name":"RePEc: Research Papers in Economics","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I77793887","host_organization_name":"Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I77793887"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:ira.lib.polyu.edu.hk:10397/107533","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10397/107533","pdf_url":"http://ira.lib.polyu.edu.hk/bitstream/10397/107533/1/Xue_Distributed_Appointment_Assignment.pdf","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400205","display_name":"PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I14243506","host_organization_name":"Hong Kong Polytechnic University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I14243506"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Journal/Magazine Article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G2489140837","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"71971036","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3395096515","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"71901177, 72201044","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G5469494661","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2019\u201300094","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334593","funder_display_name":"Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6844341611","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"72201044","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320324173","display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province","ror":null},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334593","display_name":"Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada","ror":"https://ror.org/01h531d29"}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4386526902.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4386526902.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":59,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W62628232","https://openalex.org/W1875832033","https://openalex.org/W1983613420","https://openalex.org/W1997456623","https://openalex.org/W2023149476","https://openalex.org/W2034438127","https://openalex.org/W2040729500","https://openalex.org/W2041291033","https://openalex.org/W2069959731","https://openalex.org/W2080589095","https://openalex.org/W2086111473","https://openalex.org/W2108197659","https://openalex.org/W2169427658","https://openalex.org/W2222844932","https://openalex.org/W2255734301","https://openalex.org/W2274166001","https://openalex.org/W2285796902","https://openalex.org/W2294947825","https://openalex.org/W2317346879","https://openalex.org/W2331972953","https://openalex.org/W2552391616","https://openalex.org/W2557793795","https://openalex.org/W2751847328","https://openalex.org/W2790961500","https://openalex.org/W2792870492","https://openalex.org/W2800018007","https://openalex.org/W2805024153","https://openalex.org/W2883821791","https://openalex.org/W2889566514","https://openalex.org/W2892260803","https://openalex.org/W2898615819","https://openalex.org/W2921825769","https://openalex.org/W2946772172","https://openalex.org/W2958604677","https://openalex.org/W2965051241","https://openalex.org/W2966000889","https://openalex.org/W2971583140","https://openalex.org/W2973123735","https://openalex.org/W2978606853","https://openalex.org/W2997813392","https://openalex.org/W3004539422","https://openalex.org/W3016274153","https://openalex.org/W3025350644","https://openalex.org/W3033683070","https://openalex.org/W3083492408","https://openalex.org/W3117766056","https://openalex.org/W3131605590","https://openalex.org/W3153757649","https://openalex.org/W3164965603","https://openalex.org/W4206205996","https://openalex.org/W4207022321","https://openalex.org/W4230397180","https://openalex.org/W4249205393","https://openalex.org/W4252688382","https://openalex.org/W4253851514","https://openalex.org/W4255654664","https://openalex.org/W4280593020","https://openalex.org/W4293212500","https://openalex.org/W4295308346"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3097192092","https://openalex.org/W3029619930","https://openalex.org/W2061005265","https://openalex.org/W74759090","https://openalex.org/W14353188","https://openalex.org/W3108931812","https://openalex.org/W4291002219","https://openalex.org/W2743844154","https://openalex.org/W2077378876","https://openalex.org/W2100140125"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"We":[0,57,91,159],"investigate":[1],"a":[2,62,94,104,108],"stochastic":[3,64,95,146],"distributed":[4,16,49],"appointment":[5,115],"assignment":[6,116],"and":[7,19,33,54,72,79,107,118,124,138,170,172,193],"scheduling":[8],"problem,":[9],"which":[10],"consists":[11],"of":[12,189],"assigning":[13],"appointments":[14],"to":[15,41,66,86,140,177],"service":[17,21,25,30,125],"units":[18],"determining":[20],"sequences":[22],"at":[23],"each":[24,162],"unit.":[26],"In":[27],"particular,":[28],"the":[29,59,68,81,88,101,114,119,122,135,141,167,174,186,190],"time":[31,35,76,127],"duration":[32],"release":[34],"uncertainties":[36],"are":[37,132],"well-considered.":[38],"The":[39,110,144],"solution":[40,137],"this":[42,179],"generic":[43],"problem":[44,60,89,102,106,112],"finds":[45],"interesting":[46],"applications":[47],"in":[48,157],"production":[50],"systems,":[51,53],"healthcare":[52],"post-disaster":[55],"operations.":[56],"formulate":[58],"as":[61],"two-stage":[63],"program":[65],"minimise":[67,166],"total":[69],"transportation":[70],"cost":[71],"expected":[73],"makespan,":[74],"idle":[75],"or":[77],"overtime,":[78],"apply":[80],"sample":[82],"average":[83],"approximation":[84],"method":[85,148,176],"make":[87],"tractable.":[90],"then":[92],"develop":[93],"logic-based":[96,147],"Benders":[97,129],"decomposition":[98],"method,":[99],"decomposing":[100],"into":[103],"master":[105,111,142],"subproblem.":[109],"determines":[113],"variables,":[117],"subproblem":[120],"handles":[121],"sequence":[123],"start":[126],"variables.":[128],"optimality":[130],"cuts":[131],"generated":[133],"from":[134],"subproblem's":[136],"added":[139],"problem.":[143],"developed":[145,175],"is":[149],"advantageous":[150],"since":[151],"it":[152],"can":[153],"manage":[154],"many":[155],"scenarios":[156],"parallel.":[158],"further":[160],"consider":[161],"appointment's":[163],"due":[164],"date,":[165],"weighted":[168],"earliness":[169],"tardiness,":[171],"adjust":[173],"solve":[178],"variant.":[180],"Experiments":[181],"on":[182],"random":[183],"instances":[184],"demonstrate":[185],"excellent":[187],"performance":[188],"proposed":[191],"model":[192],"methods.":[194]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-08-01T09:00:35.917206","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}