Towards the holy grail: Combining system dynamics and discrete-event simulation in healthcare

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2293-2303

  Brailsford, Sally C ^a   Desai, Shivam M ^a   Viana, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGS; CONTINUOUS PARAMETERS; DISCRETE EVENTS; HYBRID APPROACH; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHES; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SYSTEM THEORY;

MODELS;

EID: 79951627724     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2010.5678927     Document Type: Conference Paper

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