Optimization of healthcare emergency departments by agent-based simulation

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 1880-1889

  Cabrera, Eduardo ^a   Taboada, Manel ^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 simulation; Decision support systems; Emergency department; Healthcare operational management; Optimization

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; AGENT-BASED MODELING AND SIMULATION; BARCELONA; DECISION SUPPORTS; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH; MULTIDIMENSIONAL PROBLEMS; PATIENT WAITING TIME; RESEARCH GROUPS;

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

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79958282465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770509     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2011.04.204     Document Type: Conference Paper

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