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Information Engineering and Education Science – Zheng (Ed.)
© 2015 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-02655-1
Determination of optimal number of doctors and
appointment interval for an appointment
Thepparit Sinthamrongruk & Napat Harnpornchai
Chiang Mai University, Muang, Chiang Mai, Thailand
ABSTRACT: This paper proposes an adaptive-penalty Genetic Algorithm (GA) as a solution tool for
determining the optimal number of doctors and appointment interval in an appointment system. The
appointment system belongs to the class of individual block/fixed interval. To reflect the uncertainty,
the length of service time for doctor consultation, the time required for the laboratory tests, and the time
deviating from the appointment time are ...