Application of Unified Modelling Language (UML) to the Modelling of Health Care Systems: An Introduction and Literature Survey

International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI)

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 39-52

  Vasilakis, Christos ^a   Lecnzarowicz, Dorota ^b   Lee, Chooi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

computer simulation; decision support techniques; health services; information systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001755047     PISSN: 15553396     EISSN: 1555340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jhisi.2008100103     Document Type: Article

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