Accession Number:

ADA018310

Title:

A Simulation Model for Multi-Channel, Time-Dependent Queueing Systems and an Application to Test and Evaluate an Analytical Model of the U.S. Army Acute Minor Illness Clinics.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Culmer,Bruce Byron

Report Date:

1975-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

94.0

Abstract:

Many organizations exist within the Department of Defense which exhibit the properties of multi-channel, time-dependent queueing systems. One such system is the Armys Acute Minor Illness Clinic AMIC. Models of this system can be developed to determine optimum staffing levels and to upgrade the quality of service provided. Author

Descriptors:

• *Computerized simulation
• *Medical services
• *Queueing theory
• Theses
• Clinical medicine
• Personnel management
• Mathematical models
• Time dependence
• Flow charting
• Input
• Output
• Computer programs
• Poisson equation
• Army operations

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research
• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE