Multi-criteria framework for emergency department in Irish hospital

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Abo Hamad, Waleed ^a   Arisha, Amr ^a  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); BALANCED SCORECARDS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CONFLICTING OBJECTIVES; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; HEALTH RESEARCH; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; HIGH QUALITY; MULTI-CRITERIA; MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS; OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; SIMULATION OUTPUTS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; RESEARCH;

EMERGENCY ROOMS;

EID: 84874697971     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2012.6465074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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