Analysis of ambulance diversion policies for a large-size hospital

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1875-1886

  Ramirez, Adrian ^a   Fowler, John W ^a   Wu, Teresa ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY INVESTMENT; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; DESIGNED EXPERIMENTS; DETAILED MODELING; DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION MODEL; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; LARGE SIZES; PERFORMANCE MEASURE; QUEUING THEORY; WAITING-TIME;

AMBULANCES; GAME THEORY; INVESTMENTS; QUEUEING THEORY;

EMERGENCY ROOMS;

EID: 77951585955     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2009.5429200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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