Implementation and Evaluation of Generative Layout Options Using the Graph Theoretical Approach for a Hospital Layout Problem

Lather, Jennifer I.; Logan, Timothy; Renner, Kate; Messner, John

doi:10.1061/(asce)cp.1943-5487.0000893

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“…By using parametric modeling tools that are based on the mathematical assumptions in space-syntax, an integrated platform can be used enabling designers to work seamlessly and use plan analytics at multiple points during the design. This lays the foundation for more generative design (Lather et al, 2020). These considerations are outside the scope of this article, but a critical component of how the industry is evolving.…”

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Practice-Based Research Methods and Tools: Introducing the Design Diagnostic

Nanda

Wingler

2020

HERD

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Objective: To introduce a composite tool called Design Diagnostic that allows a rapid but triangulated insight into key areas of a facility combining the methods of shadowing, behavior mapping, surveys, interviews, photo-essays, and parametric analysis to determine key challenges and opportunities for improvement, identify future design drivers, and recommend simple “do-now” changes. Background: Research-based practice relies on agile and nimble methods to investigate, evaluate, and apply research in project work. This requires the ability to scale methodologies, so they can provide actionable insights in often constrained time lines. Surveys, observations, space analytics, and lit reviews often need to be done in extremely short periods of time. In this article, we share how these processes can be condensed to meet time constraints of project time lines, with the critical reminder not to generalize contextually derived insights. Conclusion: Combining field research (shadowing and behavior mapping) with user engagement (interviews), user feedback (surveys), and analytics of the plan itself allows designers and owners to understand the relationship between design intent and operational outcome and be resource effective in capital planning projects. Scaling these methods to fit the time and resource availability, and ensuring that results are always reviewed and applied in context, is critical.

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Section: It Would Seem Logical That Simple Planmentioning

confidence: 99%

Practice-Based Research Methods and Tools: Introducing the Design Diagnostic

Nanda

Wingler

2020

HERD

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“…proposed to use graph theory to implement and evaluate layout options for hospital layout problems, and proposed a building information modeling (BIM) algorithm to obtain the optimal layout [9] . In 2020, MA Miranda et al studied the efficiency of hospital operation and management from the dynamics of patient flow based on complex network theory, which can well evaluate the efficiency of hospital services and improve process performance [10] .…”

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Research on the construction of the referral networks of city hospitals and invulnerability in response to major public health emergency

Rong

2022

ITM Web Conf.

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In face of major public health emergencies, how to ensure the orderly and stable operation of city hospitals? Based on the theory and method of complex network, in this paper, we put forward the construction method of city hospital referral networks, analyze the static characteristics of the constructed network, discuss the invulnerability of networks with four attacking modes, and propose two ways (or integrated) to optimize the invulnerability of networks, which are: (i) Identifying and protecting key hospitals that can increase network invulnerability, (ii) Adding hospitals to the network. Taking hospitals of Wuhan as an example and using the proposed construction method for networks, in this paper, a directed-referral network I with 219 major hospitals in Wuhan is constructed. On the basis of network I, 16 mobile cabin hospitals, Huoshenshan hospital and Leishenshan hospital have been added, the referral-hospital network II of Wuhan is achieved. Compared with network I, network II has better referral ability and invulnerability.

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“…For the multi-floor layout planning, the departmental swap between the floors is also possible using this procedure while considering the required criteria. The proposed layout is evaluated, adjusted, and rechecked by the experts and the approval for the modifications is obtained from the respective representatives (Lather et al, 2020).…”

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Developing a Strategic Sustainable Facility Plan for a Hospital Layout Using Electre and Apples Procedure

K.E.K

Kandasamy

Nadeem

et al. 2020

International Journal of Strategic Property Management

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Today healthcare globally is growing at a rapid pace and despite the huge technological advancement, healthcare still faces primitive challenges and hence results in the poor service and facility to the needy. Layout planning acts as one major reason which requires improvements for the effective and efficient working of the healthcare facilities. This research aims at optimizing several quantitative criteria related to economic, technology and society which are taken into consideration for the decision-making during the evaluation, analysing and selection of the best layout for an existing healthcare facility. Critical areas for the improvement were found out using statistical analysis based on a survey questionnaire and Apple’s layout procedure is utilised to design the different possible layouts for an efficient facility. The seven criteria namely inter-departmental satisfactory level, the average distance travelled and the average time required for staff flow, the average distance travelled and the average time required for patient flow, the average distance travelled and the average time required for material flow were taken into consideration. The ELECTRE methodology was used as multi-criteria decision making based on decided seven criteria for comparing the different layout by methodical and orderly thinking.

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Implementation and Evaluation of Generative Layout Options Using the Graph Theoretical Approach for a Hospital Layout Problem

Cited by 12 publications

References 15 publications

Practice-Based Research Methods and Tools: Introducing the Design Diagnostic

Practice-Based Research Methods and Tools: Introducing the Design Diagnostic

Research on the construction of the referral networks of city hospitals and invulnerability in response to major public health emergency

Developing a Strategic Sustainable Facility Plan for a Hospital Layout Using Electre and Apples Procedure

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