Simulation application for resource allocation in facility management processes in hospitals

Facilities

Volumn 25, Issue 13-14, 2007, Pages 493-506

  Sharma, Vishal ^a   Abel, Jochen ^b   Al Hussein, Mohamed ^a   Lennerts, Kunibert ^b   Pfründer, Uwe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Facilities; Germany; Hospital management; Lean production; Resource management

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548978071     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770710822599     Document Type: Article

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