Towards an agent-based simulation of hospital emergency departments

SCC 2009 - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 536-539

  Stainsby, Hayden ^a   Taboada, Manel ^a   Luque, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Complex service systems; Healthcare operational management

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AGENT-BASED MODELLING; COMPLEX SERVICE SYSTEMS; COMPLEX SERVICES; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; HIGH DEMAND; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; HUMAN ASPECTS; MODELLING AND SIMULATIONS; OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT; PRELIMINARY MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY AND VARIABILITY;

HEALTH CARE;

EMERGENCY ROOMS;

EID: 74049118382     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SCC.2009.53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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