Incorporating the dynamics of epidemics in simulation models of healthcare systems

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 67-78

  Nikakhtar, Amin ^a   Hsiang, Simon M ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Epidemics; Healthcare system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894656570     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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