Keyword: simulation: applications

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A review of health care models for coronary heart disease interventions
A review of health care models for coronary heart disease interventions
2006,
This article reviews models for the treatment of coronary heart disease. Whereas most...
Mixing methodologies to enhance the implementation of healthcare operational research
Mixing methodologies to enhance the implementation of healthcare operational research
2007,
Healthcare Operational Research (OR) has had limited success in achieving a sufficient...
Choice of modelling technique for evaluating health care interventions
Choice of modelling technique for evaluating health care interventions
2007,
Economic evaluation, such as cost effectiveness analysis, provides a method for...
A Monte Carlo simulation approach to the characterization of uncertainties in cancer staging and radiation treatment decisions
A Monte Carlo simulation approach to the characterization of uncertainties in cancer staging and radiation treatment decisions
2007,
Radiation treatment for cancer is a critical medical procedure that occurs in a...
Decision support tools for ambulance dispatch and relocation
Decision support tools for ambulance dispatch and relocation
2007,
In this paper, the development of decision support tools for dynamic ambulance...
A simulation study of scheduling clinic appointments in surgical care: individual surgeon versus pooled lists
A simulation study of scheduling clinic appointments in surgical care: individual surgeon versus pooled lists
2007,
The purpose of this paper is to compare two methods of scheduling outpatient clinic...
Using simulation to improve the blood supply chain
Using simulation to improve the blood supply chain
2007,
This case study is concerned with analysing policies for managing the blood inventory...
Improving resource utilization for diagnostic services through flexible inpatient scheduling: A method for improving resource utilization
Improving resource utilization for diagnostic services through flexible inpatient scheduling: A method for improving resource utilization
2007,
We present a method to increase the utilization of and reduce the waiting times for an...
Combining Data Mining and Discrete Event Simulation for a value-added view of a hospital emergency department
Combining Data Mining and Discrete Event Simulation for a value-added view of a hospital emergency department
2007,
While simulation models have furthered understanding of the operations of emergency...
Simulation modelling in healthcare: reviewing legacies and investigating futures
Simulation modelling in healthcare: reviewing legacies and investigating futures
2007,
This article proposes considered futures for the use of simulation as a problem...
On complex adaptive systems and agent-based modelling for improving decision-making in manufacturing and logistics settings: Experiences from a packaging company
On complex adaptive systems and agent-based modelling for improving decision-making in manufacturing and logistics settings: Experiences from a packaging company
2006,
Purpose – This paper aims to contribute to the tactical and operational decision...
A discrete simulation analysis of a logistics supply system
A discrete simulation analysis of a logistics supply system
2006,
An important aspect of logistics supply systems in agro industries is to manage the...
Policies for biodefense revisited: The prioritized vaccination process for smallpox
Policies for biodefense revisited: The prioritized vaccination process for smallpox
2006,
Handling bioterror events that involve contagious agents is a major concern for...
Decision support system for mass dispensing of medications for infectious disease outbreaks and bioterrorist attacks
Decision support system for mass dispensing of medications for infectious disease outbreaks and bioterrorist attacks
2006,
A simulation and decision support system, RealOpt©, for planning large-scale...
A maintenance resources capacity estimator
A maintenance resources capacity estimator
2006,
Combat aircraft operations are usually constrained by limits on the logistics...
Evaluation of mobilization and deployment plan of an armored battalion
Evaluation of mobilization and deployment plan of an armored battalion
2005,
Being ready for war as soon as possible and with minimum casualties during the crises...
Minimisation of the risk of trampling in a crowd
Minimisation of the risk of trampling in a crowd
2007,
Over the past decade, there have been many crowd related tragedies. To help avoid such...
Exploring the operational strategies for two-wheeler service centres using discrete-event simulation
Exploring the operational strategies for two-wheeler service centres using discrete-event simulation
2007,
Two-wheeler service centres face the problems of random arrival of the vehicles that...
Regional fleet design in truckload trucking
Regional fleet design in truckload trucking
2006,
In this paper, the authors discuss the design and development of regional truckload...
Capturing the complexity of water uses and water users within a multi-agent framework
Capturing the complexity of water uses and water users within a multi-agent framework
2007,
Due to the hydrological and socio-economic complexity of water use within river basins...
Combining problem structuring methods with hard OR methods: the philosophical and practical challenges
Combining problem structuring methods with hard OR methods: the philosophical and practical challenges
2006,
Combinations of problem structuring methods with hard OR methodologies are seldom...
Developing a methodology to analyse despatch bay performance
Developing a methodology to analyse despatch bay performance
2007,
As companies look to integrate their internal and external operations more fully, the...
Modeling military strategic effects with an input–output metamodel
Modeling military strategic effects with an input–output metamodel
2004,
Incorporating strategic effects to assess effects-based operations into a combat...
Optimal batting orders in one-day cricket
Optimal batting orders in one-day cricket
2006,
This paper concerns the search for optimal or nearly optimal batting orders in one-day...
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