Côté, F. L., Lahrichi, N., Gralla, E., Bakker, H., Krishnan Krishnakumari, P., Gromicho, J., Arunkumar, G., Jha, R., Shrestha, L., Bhusal, N., Shrestha, S., Mulmi, R., Jha, P., Samuel, R., Naidoo, D., & Del Rio Vilas, V. (2025). Within-laboratory SARS-CoV-2 real time PCR testing operations in Nepal: a simulation-based analysis. The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, 36, 100584 (18 pages).
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Nadia Lahrichi (88)
- Journal articles (48)
- 2025
Journal article
- 2024
Journal article Nguyen, N.-D., Gendron, B., & Lahrichi, N. (2024). A parking incentive allocation problem for ridesharing systems. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 166, 104782 (23 pages).Journal article Krishnakumari, P. K., Bakker, H., Lahrichi, N., Côté, F. L., Gromicho, J., Govindakarnavar, A., Jha, P., Shrestha, S., Mulmi, R., Bhusal, N., Stapith, D., Jha, R., Shrestha, L., Samuel, R., Naidoo, D., & Del Rio Vilas, V. (2024). Assessment of geographical accessibility to COVID-19 testing facilities in Nepal (2021). The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, 27, 100436 (17 pages).Journal article Bakker, H., Arunkumar, G., Krishnakumari, P. K., Gromicho, J., Côté, F. L., Lahrichi, N., Jha, P., Shrestha, S., Mulmi, R., Bhusal, N., Stapith, D., Jha, R., Shrestha, L., Naidoo, D., Samuel, R., & del Rio Vilas, V. (2024). Coordination strategies to improve COVID-19 PCR laboratory testing scale up in Nepal: An analysis. PLoS ONE, 19(12), e0314746-e0314746.Journal article Niroumandrad, N., Lahrichi, N., & Lodi, A. (2024). Learning tabu search algorithms: a scheduling application. Computers & Operations Research, 170, 106751 (16 pages).Journal article Laferrière-Langlois, P., Imrie, F., Geraldo, M.-A., Wingert, T., Lahrichi, N., van der Schaar, M., & Cannesson, M. (2024). Novel Preoperative Risk Stratification Using Digital Phenotyping Applying a Scalable Machine-Learning Approach. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 139(1), 174-185.
- 2023
Journal article Sauthier, N., Bouchakri, R., Carrier, F. M., Sauthier, M., Mullie, L.-A., Cardinal, H., Fortin, M.-C., Lahrichi, N., & Chassé, M. (2023). Automated screening of potential organ donors using a temporal machine learning model. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 8459 (8 pages).Journal article Yu, C., Lahrichi, N., & Matta, A. (2023). Optimal budget allocation policy for tabu search in stochastic simulation optimization. Computers & Operations Research, 150, 106046 (22 pages).Journal article Berthelot, S., Longtin, Y., Margni, M., Guertin, J. R., Leblanc, A., Marx, T., Mangou, K., Bluteau, A., Mantovani, D., Mikhaylin, S., Bergeron, F., Dancause, V., Desjardins, A., Lahrichi, N., Martin, D., Sossa, C. J., Lachapelle, P., Schaal, S., Genest, I., ... Beatty, E. (2023). Postpandemic Evaluation of the Eco-Efficiency of Personal Protective Equipment Against COVID-19 in Emergency Departments: Proposal for a Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Research Protocols, 12, e50682 (14 pages).
- 2022
Journal article Augustin, A., Jouvet, P., Lahrichi, N., Lodi, A., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2022). A data-driven approach to include availability of ICU beds in the planning of the operating room. Omega-International Journal of Management Science, 109, 102608 (16 pages).Journal article Lahrichi, N., Lanzarone, E., & Yalcindai, S. (2022). A First Route Second Assign decomposition to enforce continuity of care in home health care. Expert Systems With Applications, 193, 116442 (13 pages).Journal article Augusto, V., Lahrichi, N., Lanzarone, E., Lee, T., & Song, J. (2022). Analytics and Optimization in Healthcare Management. Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, 34(4), 821-823.Journal article Breuer, D. J., Seridi, K., Lahrichi, N., Shukla, M., & Benneyan, J. C. (2022). Correction to: Robust multi-period capacity, location, and access of rural cardiovascular services under uncertainty. Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, 34(4), 1117-1117.Journal article Vergnolle, G., & Lahrichi, N. (2022). Data-Driven Analysis of Employee Churn in the Home Care Industry. Home Health Care Management and Practice, 35(2), 75-85.Journal article Ghiyasinasab, M., Morisson, L., Laferrière-Langlois, P., Geraldo-Demers, M.-A., Gélinas, C., Nadeau-Vallée, M., Verdonck, O., Lahrichi, N., & Richebé, P. (2022). Identification of the intraoperative antinociceptive effect of intravenous fentanyl using the Nociception Level (NOL) index versus clinical parameters in patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgery: A secondary analysis of the NOLGYN study. Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine, 41(4), 101102 (6 pages).Journal article Breuer, D. J., Kapadia, S., Lahrichi, N., & Benneyan, J. C. (2022). Joint robust optimization of bed capacity, nurse staffing, and care access under uncertainty. Annals of Operations Research, 312(2), 673-689.Journal article Bentayeb, D., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2022). On integrating patient appointment grids and technologist schedules in a radiology center. Health Care Management Science, 26(1), 62-78.Journal article Rositch, A. F., Singh, A., Lahrichi, N., Paz-Soldan, V. A., Kohler-Smith, A., Gravitt, P. E., & Gralla, E. (2022). Planning for resilience in screening operations using discrete event simulation modeling: example of HPV testing in Peru. Implementation science communications, 3, 65 (13 pages).Journal article Morisson, L., Nadeau-Vallée, M., Espitalier, F., Laferrière-Langlois, P., Idrissi, M., Lahrichi, N., Gélinas, C., Verdonck, O., & Richebé, P. (2022). Prediction of acute postoperative pain based on intraoperative nociception level (NOL) index values: the impact of machine learning-based analysis. Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing, 37(1), 337-344.Journal article Breuer, D. J., Lahrichi, N., Shukla, M., & Benneyan, J. C. (2022). Robust multi-period capacity, location, and access of rural cardiovascular services under uncertainty. Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, 34(4), 1013-1039.
- 2021
Journal article Ghiyasinasab, M., Lahrichi, N., & Lehoux, N. (2021). A simulation model to analyse automation scenarios in decontamination centers. Health Systems, 12(2), 181-197.Journal article Madelin, G., & Lahrichi, N. (2021). Modeling and improving the logistic distribution network of a hospital. International Transactions in Operational Research, 28(1), 70-90.Journal article Camiat, F., Restrepo, M. I., Chauny, J.-M., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2021). Productivity-driven physician scheduling in emergency departments. Health Systems, 10(2), 104-117.Journal article El Hage, J., Gravitt, P., Ravel, J., Lahrichi, N., & Gralla, E. (2021). Supporting scale-up of COVID-19 RT-PCR testing processes with discrete event simulation. PLOS One, 16(7), 19 pages.
- 2020
Journal article Benzaid, M., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2020). Chemotherapy appointment scheduling and daily outpatient-nurse assignment. Health Care Management Science, 23(1), 34-50.Journal article Troy, P., Lahrichi, N., Porubska, D., & Rosenberg, L. (2020). Fine-grained simulation optimization for the design and operations of a multi-activity clinic. Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, 32(3), 599-628.Journal article Grenouilleau, F., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2020). New decomposition methods for home care scheduling with predefined visits. Computers & Operations Research, 115, 104855 (9 pages).Journal article Vieira, B., Demirtas, D., van de Kamer, J. B., Hans, E. W., Rousseau, L.-M., Lahrichi, N., & van Harten, W. H. (2020). Radiotherapy treatment scheduling considering time window preferences. Health Care Management Science, 23(4), 520-534.Journal article Breuer, D. J., Lahrichi, N., Clark, D. E., & Benneyan, J. C. (2020). Robust combined operating room planning and personnel scheduling under uncertainty. Operations Research for Health Care, 27, 100276 (13 pages).
- 2019
Journal article Grenouilleau, F., Legrain, A., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2019). A set partitioning heuristic for the home health care routing and scheduling problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 275(1), 295-303.Journal article Mahnam, M., Gendreau, M., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2019). Integrating DVH criteria into a column generation algorithm for VMAT treatment planning. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 64(8), 14 pages.Journal article Bentayeb, D., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2019). Patient scheduling based on a service-time prediction model: a data-driven study for a radiotherapy center. Health Care Management Science, 22(4), 768-782.
- 2018
Journal article Niroumandrad, N., & Lahrichi, N. (2018). A stochastic tabu search algorithm to align physician schedule with patient flow. Health Care Management Science, 21(2), 244-258.
- 2017
Journal article Gilli, Q., Mustapha, K., Frayret, J.-M., Lahrichi, N., & Karimi, E. (2017). Patient model for colon and colorectal cancer care trajectory simulation. Health Science Journal, 11(6), 536 (16 pages).Journal article Mahnam, M., Gendreau, M., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2017). Simultaneous delivery time and aperture shape optimization for the volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatment planning problem. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 62(14), 5589-5611.
- 2016
Journal article Mustapha, K., Gilli, Q., Frayret, J.-M., Lahrichi, N., & Karimi, E. (2016). Agent-based simulation patient model for colon and colorectal cancer care trajectory. Procedia Computer Science, 100, 188-197.Journal article Masson, R., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2016). A two-stage solution method for the annual dairy transportation problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 251(1), 36-43.Journal article Mascarella, M. A., Lahrichi, N., Cloutier, F., Kleiman, S., Payne, R. J., & Rosenberg, L. (2016). High efficiency endocrine operation protocol: From design to implementation. Surgery, 160(4), 1118-1124.
- 2015
Journal article Lahrichi, N., Crainic, T. G., Gendreau, M., Rei, W., Crişan, G. C., & Vidal, T. (2015). An integrative cooperative search framework for multi-decision-attribute combinatorial optimization: Application to the MDPVRP. European Journal of Operational Research, 246(2), 400-412.Journal article Legrain, A., Fortin, M. A., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2015). Online stochastic optimization of radiotherapy patient scheduling. Health Care Management Science, 18(2), 110-123.Journal article El Hachemi, N., Crainic, T. G., Lahrichi, N., Rei, W., & Vidal, T. (2015). Solution integration in combinatorial optimization with applications to cooperative search and rich vehicle routing. Journal of Heuristics, 21(5), 663-685.Journal article Lahrichi, N., Crainic, T. G., Gendreau, M., Rei, W., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2015). Strategic analysis of the dairy transportation problem. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 66(1), 44-56.Journal article Bouarab, H., Lahrichi, N., & Legrain, A. (2015). The nurse scheduling problem in real-life. Journal of Medical Systems, 39(160).
- 2012
Journal article Vidal, T., Crainic, T. G., Gendreau, M., Lahrichi, N., & Rei, W. (2012). A hybrid genetic algorithm for multidepot and periodic vehicle routing problems. Operations Research, 60(3), 611-624.Journal article Fortin, M., Legrain, A., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2012). Online Optimization of Radiation Therapy Patient Scheduling. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, 84(3), S543-S543.
- 2010
Journal article Hertz, A., Lahrichi, N., & Widmer, M. (2010). A flexible MILP model for multiple-shift workforce planning under annualized hours. European Journal of Operational Research, 200(3), 860-873.
- 2009
Journal article Hertz, A., & Lahrichi, N. (2009). A Patient Assignment Algorithm for Home Care Services. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 60(4), 481-495.
- 2006
Journal article Lahrichi, N., Lapierre, S. D., Hertz, A., Talib, A., & Bouvier, L. (2006). Analysis of a territorial approach to the delivery of nursing home care services based on historical data. Journal of Medical Systems, 30(4), 283-291.
- 2025
- Conference papers (20)
- 2025
Conference paper Fleurance, P., Lahrichi, N., Péton, O., & Restrepo, M. I. (2025, February). Matheuristique pour le routage et la planification de soignants à domicile sous incertitudes [Paper]. 26ème congrès annuel de la Société Française de Recherche Opérationnelle et d'Aide à la Décision (ROADEF 2025), Champs Sur Marne, France.
- 2024
Conference paper Thompson, J. O., Lahrichi, N., Meyer, P., Mohammadi, M., & Thevenin, S. (2024, June). A Large Neighborhood Search Metaheuristic for the Stochastic Mixed Model Assembly Line Balancing Problem with Walking Workers [Paper]. 15th International Conference on Metaheuristics (MIC 2024), Lorient, France.Conference paper Lacort Burgos, A., Maheut, J., & Lahrichi, N. (2024, July). Discrete Event Simulation for Hospital Inpatient Flow Modelling: A Review of Validation Methods [Paper]. 18th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management (ICIEIM 2024); XXVIII Congreso de Ingeniería de Organización (CIO2024), Madrid, Spain. Published in Lecture notes on data engineering and communications technologies.Conference paper Lacort Burgos, A., Lahrichi, N., & Maheut, J. (2024, June). Hospital Bed Management Modelling: A Conceptual Framework [Paper]. 2nd Decision Science Alliance International Summer Conference (DSA ISC 2024), Valencia, Spain. Published in Lecture notes in computer science.
- 2022
Conference paper Niroumandrad, N., Lahrichi, N., & Lodi, A. (2022, July). A Learning Metaheuristic Algorithm for a Scheduling Application [Paper]. 14th International Conference on Metaheuristics (MIC 2022), Ortigia-Syracuse, Italy.
- 2019
Conference paper Vieira, B., Demirtas, D., van de Kamer, J. B., Hans, E. W., Rousseau, L.-M., Lahrichi, N., & van Harten, W. H. (2019, May). A Mathematical Programming Model for Radiotherapy Scheduling with TimeWindows [Paper]. 4th International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering (HCSE 2019), Montréal, Qc, Canada.Conference paper Lavoie, G., Bélanger, V., de Montigny, L., & Lahrichi, N. (2019, May). A Realistic Simulation Model of Montréal Emergency Medical Services [Paper]. 4th International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering (HCSE 2019), Montréal, Qc, Canada.Conference paper Musaraganyi, L., Germain, S., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2019, May). Integration of Users Preferences into the Home Healthcare Routing and Scheduling Multi-objective Problem: A Hierarchical Approach with Pareto-Optimal Alternative Solutions [Paper]. 4th International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering (HCSE 2019), Montréal, Qc, Canada.Conference paper Bentayeb, D., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2019, May). Simultaneous Optimization of Appointment Grid and Technologist Scheduling in a Radiology Center [Paper]. 4th International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering (HCSE 2019), Montréal, Qc, Canada.
- 2017
Conference paper Lahrichi, N., Lanzarone, E., & Yalcinda, S. (2017, May). A new decomposition approach for the home health care problem [Paper]. 3rd International Conference on Health Care Systems Engineering (HCSE 2017), Florence, Italy.
- 2016
Conference paper Mustapha, K., Gilli, Q., Frayret, J.-M., & Lahrichi, N. (2016, July). Agent-based modelling and simulation framework for health care [Paper]. 6th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies,Technologies and Applications, (SIMULTECH 2016), Lisbon, Portugal.
- 2015
Conference paper Legrain, A., Fortin, M.-A., Lahrichi, N., Rousseau, L.-M., & Wildmer, M. (2015, March). Stochastic optimization of the scheduling of a radiotherapy center [Paper]. Mini EURO Conference on Improving Healthcare: New Challenges, New Approaches, Coimbra, Portugal. Published in Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 616.
- 2014
Conference paper Lahrichi, N., De Los Reyes, V., Pevreal, A., & Williams, K. (2014, July). Planification et gestion de l'horaire des infirmières au bloc opératoire [Paper]. 7e Conférence de gestion et ingénierie des systèmes hospitaliers (GISEH 2014), Liège, Belgique.
- 2013
Conference paper Troy, P., Lahrichi, N., & Rosenberg, L. (2013, December). An alternative approach to modeling a pre-surgical screening clinic [Paper]. Winter Simulation Conference, Washington, D.C..
- 2012
Conference paper Lahrichi, N., Troy, P., Vandal, V., & Rosenberg, L. (2012, August). Ingénierie du changement dans le bloc opératoire comme paradigme du changement du système de soins de santé [Paper]. Gestion et ingénierie des systèmes hospitaliers (GISEH 2012), Québec, Canada.Conference paper Legrain, A., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2012, August). Planification et optimisation en temps réel des rendez-vous patients en radiothérapie [Paper]. Gestion et ingénierie des systèmes hospitaliers (GISEH 2012), Québec, Canada.
- 2011
Conference paper Bouarab, H., Champalle, S., Dagenais, M., & Lahrichi, N. Nurse scheduling : from theoretical modeling to practical resolution [Paper]. Society for Health Conference (SHC 2011), Orlando, Florida.
- 2009
Conference paper Crainic, T. G., Crişan, G. C., Gendreau, M., Lahrichi, N., Rei, W., & Vidal, T. (2009, July). A concurrent evolutionary approach for rich combinatorial problems [Paper]. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECC 2009), Montréal, Québec.Conference paper Crainic, T. G., Crisan, G. C., Gendreau, M., Lahrichi, N., Rei, W., & Vidal, T. (2009, July). Integrative cooperative meta-heuristics for rich combinatorial problems [Paper]. VIII Metaheuristic International Conference (MIC 2009), Hambourg, Allemagne.Conference paper Crainic, T. G., Crişan, G. C., Gendreau, M., Lahrichi, N., Rei, W., & Vidal, T. (2009, May). Multi-thread cooperative optimization for rich combinatorial problems [Paper]. 23rd IEEE international Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IPDPS 2009), Rome, Italy (8 pages).
- 2025
- Books (1)
- 2020
Book Bélanger, V., Lahrichi, N., Lanzarone, E., & Yalçındağ, S. (2020). Health Care Systems Engineering.
- 2020
- Book chapters (1)
- 2018
Book chapter Lahrichi, N., Rousseau, L.-M., & Van Hoeve, W.-J. (2018). Residential Care. In Handbook of Healthcare Analytics (pp. 257-285).
- 2018
- Reports (16)
- 2025
Report Lahrichi, N., Crainic, T. G., Gendreau, M., Rei, W., & Rousseau, L.-M. Strategic analysis of the diary transportation problem. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2012-80).
- 2022
Report Niroumandrad, N., Lahrichi, N., & Lodi, A. (2022). Learning tabu search algorithms : a scheduling application. (Technical Report).
- 2020
Report Augustin, A., Jouvet, P., Lahrichi, N., Lodi, A., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2020). A Data-driven approach to include availability of ICU beds in the planning of the operating room. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2020-10).Report Bentayeb, D., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2020). On integrating patients appointment grids and technologist schedules in a radiology center. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2020-09).Report Roy, P., Restrepo, M. I., Chauny, J.-M., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2020). Predicting patient's consultation length in emergency departments with machine learning. (Technical Report n° EasyChair Preprint no. 2578).
- 2019
Report Grenouilleau, F., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2019). New decomposition methods for home care scheduling with predefined visits. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2019-10).
- 2018
Report Troy, P., Lahrichi, N., Porubska, D., & Rosenberg, L. (2018). Fine-grained simulation optimization for the design and operations of a multi-activity clinic. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2018-47).
- 2017
Report Grenouilleau, F., Legrain, A., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2017). A set partitioning heuristic for the home health care routing and scheduling problem. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT -2017-70).Report Mahnam, M., Gendreau, M., Lahrichi, N., & Rousseau, L.-M. (2017). Simultaneous Delivery Time and Aperture Shape Optimization for the Volumetric-Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) Treatment Planning Problem. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2017-09).
- 2016
Report Legrain, A., Lahrichi, N., Rousseau, L.-M., & Widmer, M. (2016). Combining Benders and Dantzig-Wolfe Decompositions for Online Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2016-52).
- 2014
Report Gilli, Q., Mustapha, K., Frayret, J.-M., Lahrichi, N., & Karimi, E. (2014). Agent-based simulation of colorectal cancer care trajectory: patient model. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2014-67).Report El Hachemi, N., Crainic, T. G., Lahrichi, N., Rei, W., & Vidal, T. (2014). Solution integration in combinatorial optimization with applications to cooperative search and rich vehicle routing. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2014-40).
- 2012
Report Lahrichi, N., Crainic, T. G., Gendreau, M., Rei, W., Crişan, G. C., & Vidal, T. (2012). An integrative cooperative search framework for multi-decision-attribute combinatorial optimization. (Technical Report n° CIRRELT-2012-42).
- 2008
Report Hertz, A., Lahrichi, N., & Widmer, M. (2008). A Flexible MILP Model for Multiple-Shift Workforce Planning Under Annualized Hours. (Technical Report n° G-2008-05).
- 2007
Report Hertz, A., & Lahrichi, N. (2007). A Patient Assignment Algorithm for Home Care Services. (Technical Report n° G-2006-80).
- 2005
Report Lahrichi, N., Lapierre, S. D., Hertz, A., Talib, A., & Bouvier, L. (2005). Analysis of a Territorial Approach to the Delivery of Nursing Home Care Services Based on Historical Data. (Technical Report n° G-2005-91).
- 2025
- Theses (1)
- 2008
Thesis Lahrichi, N. (2008). Organisation et planification de la main-d'oeuvre : applications en santé et en industrie [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- 2008
- Datasets (1)
- 2025
Dataset Bakker, H., Arunkumar, G., Krishnakumari, P. K., Gromicho, J., Côté, F. L., Lahrichi, N., Jha, P., Shrestha, S., Mulmi, R., Bhusal, N., Stapith, D., Jha, R., Shrestha, L., Naidoo, D., Samuel, R., & del Rio Vilas, V. COVID-19 daily situation reports - partial data extracted to .csv [Dataset].
- 2025