A simulation based GA for multi-objective optimization in patient flow distribution

IEEE International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 2014-January, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-6

  Qiu, Yunzhe ^a   Song, Jie ^a   Liu, Zekun ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Discrete event simulation; Genetic algorithm; Macro level patient flow distribution; Simulation optimization

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEALTH CARE; OPTIMIZATION; PARETO PRINCIPLE;

HEALTHCARE FACILITY; IMBALANCED DEVELOPMENT; MULTI OBJECTIVE SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION; MULTIOBJECTIVE PROGRAMMING; PARETO OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PARETO-OPTIMAL SETS; PATIENT FLOW; SIMULATION OPTIMIZATION;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84939644970     PISSN: 21618070     EISSN: 21618089     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CoASE.2014.6899295     Document Type: Conference Paper

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