Lean principles and simulation optimization for emergency department layout design

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 678-699

  Wang, Teng Kuan ^a   Yang, Taho ^a   Yang, Chih Yao ^a   Chan, Felix T S ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cellular manufacturing; Emergency department; Layout design; Simulation optimization; Staff assignment; Value stream mapping

Indexed keywords

AGILE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; EMERGENCY ROOMS; MAPPING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; LAYOUT DESIGNS; SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION; STAFF ASSIGNMENTS; VALUE STREAM MAPPING;

CELLULAR MANUFACTURING;

EID: 84929328714     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IMDS-10-2014-0296     Document Type: Article

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