Effective patient prioritization in mass casualty incidents using hyperheuristics and the pilot method

OR Spectrum

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 699-720

  Cotta, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hyperheuristics; Mass casualty incident; Pilot method; Triage

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959700932     PISSN: 01716468     EISSN: 14366304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00291-011-0238-3     Document Type: Article

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