Simulation modeling for emergency bed requirement planning

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 67, Issue , 1996, Pages 183-210

  Altinel, I Kuban ^a   Ulaş, Esra ^a  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Capacity planning; Emergency services; Health care, simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444439587     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02187029     Document Type: Article

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