An assessment of the interruption level of doctors in outpatient appointment scheduling

Operations Management Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-102

  Klassen, Kenneth J ^a   Yoogalingam, Reena ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appointment scheduling; Outpatient clinics; Simulation optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350291548     PISSN: 19369735     EISSN: 19369743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12063-008-0013-z     Document Type: Article

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