A simulation-based optimization approach for the calibration of a discrete event simulation model of an emergency department

DOI10.1007/S10479-021-04382-9MaRDI QIDQ2678617zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alberto De Santis, Tommaso Giovannelli, Stefano Lucidi, Mauro Messedaglia, Massimo Roma

Publication date 23 January 2023

Published in Annals of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.00945

zbMATH Keywords

derivative-free optimizationdiscrete event simulationemergency departmentmodel calibrationsimulation-based optimization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Derivative-free methods and methods using generalized derivatives (90C56) Applications of mathematical programming (90C90)

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• Simulation optimization for an emergency department healthcare unit in Kuwait
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• APPSPACK

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