Scheduling is a manual chore consuming valuable senior staff time and resulting in conflict and ineComputerized solutions which optimize scheduling are possible. Such a program, Doctors On Call Schedoptimizes medium-scale scheduling has been developed and has proved successful in more than two… More

Not Available The preposed project addresses the problem of glare from the sun and other optical sources. The concept is to adaptively block sources of bright light in a scene while allowing the light from dimly lit areas to pass through with relatively little attenuation. The technical approach,… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The shortage of healthcare workers is accelerating. An longer-living, ageing population is demanding more medical service while healthcare worker retirements and high turnover is decreasing the worker pool. Shortages ca n be reduced or eliminated by scheduling… More

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The shortage of nurses and medical technologists is accelerating. Shortages can be reduced by scheduling staff to precisely meet the hour-by-hour demand for medical service. Think of bank teller scheduling, where more s taff are scheduled at peak demand. Current… More