A new metaheuristic based on vapor-liquid equilibrium for solving a new patient bed assignment problem

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Highlights：

• We propose a novel metaheuristic based on vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) process.

• We present a new binary programming model for the PBAP modeled via the COP technique.

• We perform a large composition between VLE and different already reported methods.

摘要

•We propose a novel metaheuristic based on vapor-liquid equilibrium (VLE) process.•We present a new binary programming model for the PBAP modeled via the COP technique.•We perform a large composition between VLE and different already reported methods.

论文关键词：Vapor-liquid equilibrium algorithm,Metaheuristic,Patient bed assignment problem,Constraint optimization problem

论文评审过程：Received 15 May 2019, Revised 8 March 2020, Accepted 1 May 2020, Available online 5 May 2020, Version of Record 20 May 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2020.113506