RFID-based Clinical Decision Support System using Simulation modeling

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2808-2815

  Al Safadi, Lilac ^a   AL Sulaiman, Zainab ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Clinical decision support system; Patient flow; Resource utilization; RFID; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959895484     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2011.2808.2815     Document Type: Article

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