A conceptual framework for hybrid system dynamics and discrete event simulation for healthcare

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-74

  Chahal, Kirandeep ^a   Eldabi, Tillal ^b   Young, Terry ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework; Discrete event simulation; Health care; Hybrid simulation; Hybrid simulation modelling; Methodology; Modelling; Multi method simulation; Simulation; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873458653     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410391311289541     Document Type: Article

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