Discrete-event simulation (DES) is a stochastic modeling approach widely used to address
dynamic and complex systems, such as healthcare. In this review, academic databases …

In healthcare, the planning and the management of resources are challenging as there are
always many complex and stochastic factors in both demand and supply. Simulation …

Healthcare providers can benefit from adding less costly capacity to their existing resources
in order to satisfy demand while maintaining the quality of patient care. The addition of mid …

In recent years, the need for emergency resources has dramatically increased and it has
caused an overcrowding problem for the emergency department (ED). Solving this problem …

The main objective of the sectorization approach is to divide a vast region into symmetric
sectors. Balancing accessibility of healthcare units, which is commonly between the goals of …

This paper presents two medicine logistics planning models by using a time-space network
approach, one with deterministic variables and the other with stochastic variables. Flow …

Healthcare management (HCM) is the profession providing control and guidance to health
service providers. Numerous quantitative and qualitative techniques including operations …

Purpose This paper aims to examine a congestion situation of a certain type of restaurant in
a theme park (Tokyo Disney Resort) by a simulation based on Little's law, which is a basic …

Smart built environment technologies are developing at a rapid pace, but their combined
use requires evaluation in specific settings such as healthcare. In this chapter we apply a …

Purpose–This paper aims to examine a congestion situation of a certain type of restaurant in
a theme park (Tokyo Disney Resort) by a simulation based on Little's law, which is a basic …