Modeling and analyzing a physician clinic environment using discrete-event (visual) simulation

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 105-125

  Swisher, James R ^a   Jacobson, Sheldon H ^b   Jun, J Brian ^c   Balci, Osman ^d  

^a Mary Washington Hospital   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c First USA Bank   (United States)

^d State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Design of experiments; Healthcare; Simulation; Visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; VISUAL SIMULATION ENVIRONMENTS (VSE);

HOSPITAL DATA PROCESSING;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0034139570     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0548(99)00093-3     Document Type: Article

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