Social Network based sensitivity analysis for patient flow using computer simulation
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- 作者：Amin Nikakhtara ; amin.nikakhtar@ttu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; S. Alireza Abbasian-Hosseinib ; sabbasi@ncsu.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Harshvardhan Gazulaa ; Simon M. Hsianga
- 关键词：Healthcare system ; Patient flow ; Computer simulation ; Epidemic disease ; Social network analysis ; Sensitivity analysis
- 刊名：Computers & Industrial Engineering
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：October 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：88
- 期：Complete
- 页码：264-272
- 全文大小：1096 K
文摘
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Studying the effect of social network structure on patient flow in a healthcare system.
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Simulation modeling of a social network through which an epidemic disease spreads.
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Simulating the spread of the epidemic through the network based on the susceptible-infected-recovery (SIR) process.
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Examining the relationship between the patient flow and different network characteristics.
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Exploring how sensitive is the flow to different network features.