To pool or not to pool in hospitals: a theoretical and practical comparison for a radiotherapy outpatient department

DOI10.1007/S10479-009-0559-7MaRDI QIDQ601160zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paul Joustra, Erik Van der Sluis, Nico M. van Dijk

Publication date 3 November 2010

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

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-009-0559-7

zbMATH Keywords

computer simulationhospitalsqueuing theoryradiotherapy outpatient departmentwaiting lists

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Queues and service in operations research (90B22)

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