Using simulation technique and genetic algorithm to improve the quality care of a hospital emergency department

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1073-1083

  Yeh, Jinn Yi ^a   Lin, Wen Shan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Genetic algorithm; Nurse scheduling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT (ED); NURSE SCHEDULING;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 33751401541     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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