An agent-based simulation for workflow in emergency department

2009 IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, SIEDS '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 19-23

  Lu, Wang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; CHANGE PATTERNS; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EMPIRICAL DATA; MEDICAL CARE; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; PROCESS IMPACT; THROUGHPUT TIME;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY ROOMS; NURSING; RADIATION; RADIOLOGY;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77950112453     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SIEDS.2009.5166148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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