Staffing a pandemic urgent care facility during an outbreak of pandemic influenza

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1996-2007

  See, Brendan D ^a   Liu, Shih Ping ^a   Lu, Yi Wei ^a   Pang, Qi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANN ARBORS; ARRIVAL PATTERNS; DIFFERENT ATTACKS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EMPIRICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; INFLUENZA PANDEMICS; MICHIGAN; OPTIMAL STAFFING LEVEL; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PROMODEL; WAITING TIME;

COMPUTER CRIME; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL SELECTION;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951608862     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2009.5429695     Document Type: Conference Paper

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