Browsing Management Sciences by Supervisor "Mahmoudzadeh, Houra"
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Geometry-based Constraint Generation for Large-scale Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning
(University of Waterloo, 2019-12-17)Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is a high precision radiotherapy with many beams that have different intensities to accurately irradiate a tumor/cancerous cells considering minimization of the dose to surrounding ... -
Robust Direct Aperture Optimization Methods for Cardiac Sparing in Left-Sided Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-26)Designing conformal and equipment-compatible radiation therapy plans is essential for ensuring high-quality treatment outcomes for cancer patients. Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is a commonly-used method of ... -
Robust Multi-Class Multi-Period Scheduling of MRI Services with Wait Time Targets
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-23)In recent years, long wait times for healthcare services have become a challenge in most healthcare delivery systems in Canada. This issue becomes even more important when there are priorities in patients' treatment which ... -
A Robust Optimization Approach for Advance Scheduling in Health Care Systems with Demand Uncertainty: Policy Insights
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-17)Patient wait times have increased significantly over the past few decades. According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), 40% of Canadians have experienced difficulties in receiving diagnostics tests. ... -
Robust Optimization for SCED in AC-HVDC Power Systems
(University of Waterloo, 2019-05-15)Wind power is a clean, renewable and low-carbon resource for power generation that has received increasing attention in power systems over the last few decades. There are two main challenges associated with the large-scale ...