Assessing water sustainability related to hospitals using system dynamics modeling

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 36, Issue C, 2014, Pages 27-32

  Faezipour, Misagh ^a   Ferreira, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Healthcare; Hospital; Simulation; Sustainability; System dynamics; Systems thinking; Water sustainability

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS; SYSTEM THEORY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER RESOURCES;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FUTURE GENERATIONS; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODEL; SYSTEMS THINKING; WATER SUSTAINABILITY;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84938580951     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770509     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2014.09.025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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