Combining optimization with simulation to obtain credible models for intensive care units

DOI10.1007/S10479-011-1035-8MaRDI QIDQ478045zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors F. Mallor, Cristina Azcárate

Publication date 11 December 2014

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-011-1035-8

zbMATH Keywords

simulationstatistical modelingintensive care unitsoptimization with simulationvalidation of simulation models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of mathematical programming (90C90)

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