Simulation optimization for healthcare emergency departments

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages 1464-1473

  Cabrera, Eduardo ^a   Taboada, Manel ^a   Iglesias, MaLuisa ^b   Epelde, Francisco ^b   Luque, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE SABADELL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Computational cost; Decision support systems; Emergency department; Healthcare operational management; Optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891782724     PISSN: 18770509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2012.04.161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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