PM4SOS: low-effort resource allocation optimization in a dynamic environment

Surgical center scheduling is challenging to schedule physical spaces to reduce costs and increase productivity. This study presents a framework called PM4SOS (Process Mining for Simulation, optimization, and Scheduling) that facilitates the generation of an operating room schedule in an automated way and integrates, reducing cognitive overload and waste of time. This framework allows the evaluation of restrictions to get the best performance of surgical schedules. PM4SOS combines process mining with data from event logs, generation of the automated simulation model, and case-based reasoning (CBR) to analyze management indicators, allowing significant gains in optimization of the scheduling of surgical centers. The results with PM4SOS help decision-making in hospital environments to better use physical resources and human resources, such as reducing waiting time, optimizing surgery execution time, and resource capacity management.