Analyzing data on lengths of stay of hospital patients using phase-type distributions

Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 311-317

  Faddy, M J ^a   McClean, S I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; MARKOV PROCESSES;

PHASE-TYPE DISTRIBUTION;

HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING;

EID: 0033206528     PISSN: 15241904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1526-4025(199910/12)15:4<311::AID-ASMB395>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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