Which is more appropriate : A multi-perspective comparision between system dynamics and discrete event simulation

Proceedings of the European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems, EMCIS 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Chahal, Kirandeep ^a   Eldabi, Tillal ^b  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparison; Discrete event simulation; Healthcare decision making; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DECISIONS; COMPARISON; DISCRETE EVENTS; HEALTHCARE DECISION MAKING; LITERATURE SURVEY; MODELLING METHOD; MODELLING METHODOLOGY; MULTI-PERSPECTIVE; PRIMARY FACTORS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS;

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEM THEORY;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION;

EID: 84857509038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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