Ahmad, Norazura and Abdul Ghani, Noraida and Kamil, Anton Abdulbasah and Mat Tahar, Razman (2015) Modelling the complexity of emergency department operations using hybrid simulation. International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, 10 (4). p. 360. ISSN 1740-2123

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Abstract

As a system, the emergency department reveals detailed and dynamic complexity of its interaction between inter-departmental units and intra-departmental elements. Discrete-event simulation (DES) has been recognised for its ability to comprehend operational problems with detailed complexity.Whilst using DES to model the complexities of the integrated emergency department system, we also use system dynamics (SD) to capture the interdependency relationships between the emergency department and other subunits in a hospital.This paper presents the integration of DES and SD modelling approach, hereby named as hybrid simulation, to better understand emergency department operations from a whole system perspective.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	emergency departments, hybrid simulation, discrete-event simulation, system dynamics, complexity modelling, operational complexity, hospitals, healthcare management
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Divisions:	School of Quantitative Sciences
Depositing User:	Mrs. Norazura Ahmad
Date Deposited:	16 Jan 2017 04:05
Last Modified:	16 Jan 2017 04:05
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/20596

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