An agent-based decision support system for hospitals emergency departments

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 1870-1879

  Taboada, Manel ^a   Cabrera, Eduardo ^a   Iglesias, Ma Luisa ^b   Epelde, Francisco ^b   Luque, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Decision support systems; Emergency department; Healthcare operational management; Individual oriented simulation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AGENTS; AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AGENT-BASED DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; AGENT-BASED MODEL; AGENT-BASED MODELLING; BARCELONA; DECISION SUPPORTS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; HUMAN ACTOR; INDIVIDUAL AGENT; INDIVIDUAL ORIENTED SIMULATION; INFORMED DECISION; MODELING AND SIMULATION; MOORE STATE MACHINE; NETLOGO; OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT; REACTIVE SYSTEM; RESEARCH GROUPS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY ROOMS; HEALTH CARE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 79958270617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770509     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2011.04.203     Document Type: Conference Paper

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