A stochastic model for a visit to the doctor's office

DOI10.1016/J.MCM.2006.03.022zbMath1171.60381OpenAlexW2075397420MaRDI QIDQ1025673

William E. Stein, Murray J. Côté

Publication date: 23 June 2009

Published in: Mathematical and Computer Modelling (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcm.2006.03.022

zbMATH Keywords

stochastic processeshealth care systemsMarkov and semi-Markov modelspatient flow

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Queues and service in operations research (90B22) Markov renewal processes, semi-Markov processes (60K15) Applications of Markov renewal processes (reliability, queueing networks, etc.) (60K20)

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