Sensitivity analysis for simulation-based decision making: Application to a hospital emergency service design

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 99-111

  Chetouane, Fatah ^a   Barker, Kash ^b   Viacaba Oropeza, Andrea S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Emergency department design; Extreme events; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SYSTEM; DECISION MAKERS; DESIGN ALTERNATIVES; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; EMERGENCY SERVICE; EXTREME EVENTS; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; MODEL PARAMETERS; MULTIOBJECTIVE APPROACH; OPERATING CONDITION; PERFORMANCE INDICES; PERFORMANCE METRICES; SENSITIVITY; SERVICE DESIGN; SIMULATION-BASED;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESIGN; EMERGENCY ROOMS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 80053925660     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2011.09.003     Document Type: Article

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