Setting staffing requirements for time dependent queueing networks: The case of accident and emergency departments

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 531-540

  Izady, Navid ^a   Worthington, Dave ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

98 Target; Simulation; Staffing emergency departments; Time dependent queues

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; INCENTIVE SCHEMES; ITERATIVE SCHEMES; RESOURCE SHARING; SIMULATION; SQUARE ROOTS; STAFFING LEVEL; STAFFING REQUIREMENTS; TIME VARYING DEMAND; TIME-DEPENDENT; WAITING TIME;

ACCIDENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMERGENCY ROOMS;

PERSONNEL SELECTION;

EID: 84857918972     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.10.040     Document Type: Article

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