Multiobjective study to implement outpatient appointment system at Hedi Chaker Hospital

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1363-1370

  Jerbi, Badreddine ^a   Kamoun, Hichem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Appointment rules; Appointment systems; Goal programming model; Hospitals; Outpatient; Satisfaction functions; Scheduling; Simulation optimization

Indexed keywords

APPOINTMENT RULES; APPOINTMENT SYSTEMS; GOAL PROGRAMMING MODEL; OUTPATIENT; SATISFACTION FUNCTIONS; SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION;

HOSPITALS; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79952519773     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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