A statistical Markov chain approximation of transient hospital inpatient inventory

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2010.06.021zbMath1206.90077MaRDI QIDQ613497

Jeffery K. Cochran, James R. Broyles, Douglas C. Montgomery

Publication date: 20 December 2010

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2010.06.021

zbMATH Keywords

Markov chain; statistical inference; regression; transient inpatient inventory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

62P30: Applications of statistics in engineering and industry; control charts

90B05: Inventory, storage, reservoirs

90B90: Case-oriented studies in operations research

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