This paper provides a review of recent operational research on operating room planning and scheduling. We evaluate the literature on multiple elds that are related to either the problem setting (e.g., performance measures or patient classes) or the technical features (e.g., solution technique or uncertainty incorporation). Since papers are pooled and evaluated in various ways, a diversied and detailed overview is obtained that facilitates the identication of manuscripts related to the reader's specic interests. Throughout the literature review, we summarize the signicant trends in research on operating room planning and scheduling, and we identify areas that need to be addressed in the future.

European Journal of Operational Research (24 April 2009), (Download).