1 |
Shaw & Blundell (2010SHAW D & BLUNDELL N. 2010. WASAN: The development of a facilitated methodology for structuring a waste minimisation problem. European Journal of Operational Research .) |
Propose and apply a new methodology for waste control |
nuclear facilities |
Waste And Source-matter Analyses (WASAN) |
2 |
Small & Wainwright (2018SMALL A & WAINWRIGHT D. 2018. Privacy and security of electronic patient records-Tailoring multimethodology to explore the socio-political problems associated with Role Based Access Control systems. European Journal of Operational Research .) |
Develop a multimethodology in surgical areas |
Hospital |
SSM |
3 |
Ufua et al. (2018UFUA D, PAPADOPOULOS T & MIDGLEY G. 2018. Systemic lean intervention: Enhancing lean with community operational research. European Journal of Operational Research .) |
Explore Community Operational Research together with Lean |
food production company |
- |
4 |
Midgley et al. (2018MIDGLEY G, JOHNSON M & CHICHIRAU G. 2018. What is community operational research? European Journal of Operational Research .) |
Discuss the differences between operational community research and others |
Theoretical No application |
- |
5 |
Gomes et al. (2018GOMES S, HERMANS L & THISSEN W. 2018. Extending community operational research to address institutional aspects of societal problems: Experiences from peri-urban Bangladesh. European Journal of Operational Research.) |
Outline a community OR approach for participatory institutional analysis of local problems |
Water supply |
- |
6 |
Martins et al. (2020MARTINS S, FERREIRA F, FERREIRA J & MARQUES C. 2020. An artificial-intelligence-based method for assessing service quality: insights from the prosthodontics sector. Journal of Service Management.) |
Develop a method based on artificial intelligence (based on AI) to assess the quality of service in the dental sector |
Dentistry |
SODA |
7 |
Thunhurst & Barker (1999THUNHURST C & BARKER C. 1999. Using problem structuring methods in strategic planning. Health Policy and Planning.) |
Present approaches to problem structuring that have been used to derive planning guidelines as part of a comprehensive strategic planning process |
Strategic planning in the health area |
- |
8 |
Cambrainha & Fontana (2018CAMBRAINHA G & FONTANA M. 2018. A multi-criteria decision making approach to balance water supply-demand strategies in water supply systems. Production.) |
Propose a model to help a group of decision makers to establish a portfolio of viable actions (alternatives) capable of balancing water supply and demand strategies. |
Water supply |
SODA |
9 |
Crowe et al. (2017CROWE S, BROWN K, TREGAY J, WRAY J, KNOWLES R, RIDOUT D & UTLEY M. 2017. Combining qualitative and quantitative operational research methods to inform quality improvement in pathways that span multiple settings. BMJ quality & safety.) |
Combine qualitative and quantitative OR methods to scale up and inform an improvement initiative for infants with congenital heart disease |
Hospital |
SSM |
10 |
Thunhurst (2003THUNHURST C. 2003. The use of problem structuring methods in strategic health planning. International Transactions in Operational Research.) |
To present and discuss the value of adopting formal problem structuring methods as part of the health strategic planning process. |
Strategic planning in the health area |
- |
11 |
Thunhurst (2012THUNHURST C. 2012. Public health systems analysis-the transfer of learning between developed and developing countries. Health care management science .) |
Explore the role of systems thinking and operations research in deepening our understanding and control over complex public health systems. |
Control of public health systems |
- |
12 |
Sepehrirad et al. (2017SEPEHRIRAD R, RAJABZADEH A, AZAR A & ZAREI B. 2017. A soft systems methodology approach to occupational cancer control problem: a case study of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran. Systemic Practice and Action Research.) |
Defining the framework and designing a framework for the Ministry of Petroleum workers’ cancer control problem as the first step to improve the current situation. |
Oil workers health |
SSM |
13 |
Lamé et al. (2020LAMÉ G, JOUINI O & STAL-LE CARDINAL J. 2020. Combining Soft Systems Methodology, ethnographic observation, and discrete-event simulation: A case study in cancer care. Journal of the Operational Research Society .) |
Describe a project where discrete event simulation is combined with SSM and ethnographic observation to support the improvement of patient flows in an outpatient chemotherapy unit and a chemotherapy preparation pharmacy unit |
Hospital |
SSM |
14 |
Thunhurst (2007THUNHURST C. 2007. Refocusing upstream: operational research for population health. Journal of the Operational Research Society .) |
Examine the potential for applying OR methods to ”upstream” problems in healthcare planning |
Strategic planning in the health area |
- |
15 |
Kotiadis & Mingers (2006KOTIADIS K & MINGERS J. 2006. Combining PSMs with hard OR methods: the philosophical and practical challenges. Journal of the Operational Research Society .) |
Reflect on the barriers of combinations between hard OR and soft OR that can be seen at the philosophical and cognitive levels. |
Example of combination between hard OR and soft OR |
- |
16 |
Edwards et al. (2005EDWARDS J, HALL M & SHAW D. 2005. Proposing a systems vision of knowledge management in emergency care. Journal of the Operational Research Society .) |
Advocate for the adoption of a systemic view of knowledge management in healthcare delivery, focusing on the emergency care process in the UK National Health Service |
Hospital |
SSM |
17 |
Rees et al. (2017) |
Check the thinking of seven senior health experts in New Zealand, using cognitive mapping, on key implementation challenges to improve primary health systems. |
Theoretical No application |
- |
18 |
Jun et al. (2011JUN G, MORRIS Z, ELDABI T, HARPER P, NASEER A, PATEL B & CLARKSON J. 2011. Development of modelling method selection tool for health services management: From problem structuring methods to modelling and simulation methods. BMC health services research.) |
Provide a mechanism for decision makers in health care planning and management to compare a wide range of modeling and simulation methods so they can better select and use them or better commission relevant modeling and simulation work. |
Theoretical No application |
- |
19 |
Lins et al. (2019LINS M, NETTO S & CASTRO LOBO M. 2019. Multimethodology applied to the evaluation of Healthcare in Brazilian municipalities. Health care management science.) |
To present a mixed quantitative and qualitative methodological approach to help formulate and structure health performance measures in 5,565 Brazilian municipalities. |
Health database of Brazilian municipalities |
- |
20 |
Hindle & Franco (2009HINDLE G & FRANCO L. 2009. Combining problem structuring methods to conduct applied research: A mixed methods approach to studying fitness-to-drive in the UK. Journal of the Operational Research Society .) |
Describe a mixed methods approach using problem structuring methods to conduct applied research on fitness to drive arrangements at the UK Department of Transport |
Department of Transport |
SSM |
21 |
Thunhurst et al. (2007THUNHURST C. 2007. Refocusing upstream: operational research for population health. Journal of the Operational Research Society .) |
To present the Primary Health Care Approach to the development of health care, in order to explain the critical importance given to building partnerships in health care planning |
Theoretical No application |
- |
22 |
Duryan et al. (2015DURYAN M, NIKOLIK D, MERODE G & CURFS L. 2015. Reflecting on the efficacy of cognitive mapping for decision-making in intellectual disability care: a case study. The International journal of health planning and management.) |
Reflect on the effectiveness of soft operational research techniques in understanding the dynamics of a complex system, such as caregivers with intellectual disabilities |
Service provider |
SODA |
23 |
Assunção et al. (2020ASSUNÇÃO E, FERREIRA F, MEIDUTĖ-KAVALIAUSKIENĖ I, ZOPOUNIDIS C, PEREIRA L & CORREIA R. 2020. Rethinking urban sustainability using fuzzy cognitive mapping and system dynamics. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology.) |
Develop a new, holistic perspective on urban sustainability. |
Urban sustainability |
SD |
24 |
Kotiadis et al. (2013KOTIADIS K, TAKO A, ROUWETTE E, VASILAKIS C, BRENNAN J, GANDHI P & WEBB P. 2013. Using a model of the performance measures in Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) to take action: a case study in health care. Journal of the Operational Research Society .) |
Explain how a performance measurement model can lead to debate and action in Soft System Methodology (SSM) in the health field |
Hospital |
SSM |
25 |
Kotiadis (2007KOTIADIS K. 2007. Using soft systems methodology to determine the simulation study objectives. Journal of simulation.) |
Demonstrate, through a healthcare case study, that Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) can be used to determine the most important component of the conceptual model, the simulation study objectives. |
Intermediate care for the elderly |
SSM |