Philipp Pelz studied business informatics at the University of Passau (B.Sc.) and at the University of Regensburg (M.Sc.). He focused on data science, machine learning and uncertainty quantification. He also gained practical experience as an intern at ZF Friedrichshafen AG and as a working student at Infineon Technologies AG. Since September 2023, Philipp Pelz has been working as a research assistant at the Chair of Production Management.
Research interest
Stochastic Modeling and Optimization of Patient-to-Room Allocations in Hospital Wards
The growing gap between the demand for care and the limited supply of beds in hospital wards increases the need to make efficient decisions when determining which patient should be allocated to which room. These decisions must be made while considering constraints such as the patients’ gender and other practically relevant restrictions in the allocation process.
The objective is to improve decision-making to avoid unnecessary transfers of patients between rooms. These transfers affect patients’ satisfaction negatively and increase the staff’s workload. Philipp Pelz develops stochastic models to support these decisions under consideration of stochastic influences such as emergency arrivals and variability in the length of stay.
Presentations
- Pelz, Philipp and Sch?fer, Fabian (2025) Allocating Patients to Rooms under Uncertainty: An MDP-Based Approach.
ORAHS 2025 – Operational Research Applied to Health Services, Trondheim, Norwegen, 06.07.2025 to 11.07.2025 - Pelz, Philipp, Schwarz, Justus Arne, Hübner, Alexander and Sch?fer, Fabian (2025) Patient to room allocations in hospital wards using Markov Decision Processes.
34. QBWL Workshop (2025) - Workshop für Quantitative Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Pfronten-Rehbichl, Deutschland, M?rz 2025 - Pelz, Philipp and Schwarz, Justus Arne (2024) Optimizing patient-room allocations in hospital wards using Markov Decision Processes.
11th Workshop on Queueing Theory, Obergurgl, ?sterreich, 16. - 20. Dezember 2024 - Pelz, Philipp, Schwarz, Justus Arne, Hübner, Alexander and Sch?fer, Fabian (2024) Markov Decision Processes for patient to room allocations in hospital wards.
Doktorandenworkshop TUM/SVCM & UR/PM, Regensburg, Juli 2024 - Pelz, Philipp and Hübner, Alexander (2024) Patient to room allocations in hospital wards via Markov Decision Processes - A new model formulation.
Graduate Program in Operations Management Workshop, München, Juli 2024 - Pelz, Philipp and Schwarz, Justus Arne (2024) Stochastic modeling of patient-room assignments in hospital wards.
14. Workshop für Supply Chain Management und Produktion, Obergurgl, ?sterreich, M?rz 2024
Philipp Pelz
Research Assistant: Chair of Production Management
- E-mail address: philipp.pelz(at)ur.de (opens your email program)
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- Location: Recht und Wirtschaft, RWS 138
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