Developing an efficient scheduling template of a chemotherapy treatment unit: simulation and optimization approach

This study is undertaken to improve the performance of a Chemotherapy Treatment Unit by increasing the throughput of the clinic and reducing the average patients’ waiting time. In order to achieve this objective, a simulation model of this system is built and several scenarios that target matching t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ahmed, Zubair
Other Authors: Elmekkawy, Tarek (Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering)
Published: Australasian Medical Journal 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/5084