Use of computer simulation in the evacuation system for hospitals

Summer Computer Simulation Conference 2008, SCSC 2008, Part of the 2008 Summer Simulation Multiconference, SummerSim 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 205-212

  Su, Syi ^a   Tsai, Shin Tsung ^a   Shih, Chung Liang ^a   Kuo, Ren Jieh ^a   Wang, Hui Chin ^a   Chen, Jen Chieh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Evacuation; Outpatient department

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE SYSTEM; BASE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL; DISCRETE EVENTS; EVACUATION; EVACUATION PLANS; EVACUATION STRATEGY; EVACUATION TIME; HOSPITAL BUILDINGS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MODELING STRATEGY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; STATISTICAL CONFIDENCE;

HOSPITALS;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION;

EID: 84869031591     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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