Hospital capacity planning for efficient disaster mitigation during a bioterrorist attack

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1139-1147

  Paul, Jomon Aliyas ^a   Hariharan, Govind ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DISASTERS; HOSPITALS; MANAGEMENT;

CAPACITY PLANNING; CRITICAL INFORMATION; DISASTER MITIGATION; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; FEED BACK LOOPS; GENERIC SIMULATION; NATURAL DISASTERS;

HEALTH;

EID: 49749151003     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2007.4419714     Document Type: Conference Paper

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