Setting staffing requirements for time dependent queueing networks: the case of accident and emergency departments

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2011.10.040zbMath1253.90077MaRDI QIDQ1926670

Dave Worthington, Navid Izady

Publication date: 29 December 2012

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/23377/1/Setting%20staffing%20requirements%20for%20time%20dependent%20queueing%20networks.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

simulation; time-dependent queues; 98\% target; staffing emergency departments

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

90B22: Queues and service in operations research

90B10: Deterministic network models in operations research

90B70: Theory of organizations, manpower planning in operations research

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