Computer simulation and swarm intelligence organisation into an emergency department: A balancing approach across ant colony optimisation

International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 142-161

  Fruggiero, Fabio ^a   Lambiase, Alfredo ^a   Fallon, Daithi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ACO; Ant colony optimisation; Ant system; AS; Computer simulation; ED; Emergency Department; Healthcare; Line balancing; SI; Swarm intelligence

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; EMERGENCY ROOMS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE; JOB SHOP SCHEDULING; MEDICAL COMPUTING; SCHEDULING; SILICON; SWARM INTELLIGENCE;

ANT SYSTEMS; CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; JOB SHOP SCHEDULING PROBLEMS; LINE BALANCING; MEDICAL MANAGEMENT; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT;

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 48949116372     PISSN: 1741539X     EISSN: 17415403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOI.2008.019330     Document Type: Article

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