Is simulation in health different and is it more difficult?

2012 Operational Research Society Simulation Workshop, SW 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 92-101

  Tako, Antuela A ^a   Robinson, Stewart ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health modelling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

SURVEYS;

OBJECTIVE MEASURE; SIMULATION;

HEALTH;

EID: 84873468347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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