A Two-Stage Stochastic Programming Model for Home Health-Care Routing and Scheduling Problem

This article explores the increasing need for home health care services (HHCS) in developed nations due to rising life expectancy and changing family structures. To this end, we introduce a sophisticated two-stage stochastic programming model designed for the HHCS. The main objective is to efficiently assign caregivers to patients and optimize their travel routes, a complex task made more challenging by factors such as the stochastic nature of patient service times and the need for caregivers to