| Article ID: | iaor19911016 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 17 |
| Issue: | 1/4 |
| Start Page Number: | 205 |
| End Page Number: | 221 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1989 |
| Journal: | Engineering Costs and Production Economics |
| Authors: | Fandel Gnter, Hegemann Holger |
| Keywords: | queues: theory |
The paper shows how queueing theory extended by elements of the stochastic network-planning-technique can be used for planning the capacities of complex diagnosis systems in hospitals. The analytic considerations have been applied to the diagnosis system of the General Hospital in Hagen City.