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Simulating outpatient obstetrical clinics

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Mark W. Isken,

Timothy J. Ward,

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WSC '99: Proceedings of the 31st conference on Winter simulation: Simulation---a bridge to the future - Volume 2

Pages 1557 - 1563

https://doi.org/10.1145/324898.325323

Published: 01 December 1999 Publication History

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1. Applied computing
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2. Computing methodologies
  1. Modeling and simulation
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WSC '99: Proceedings of the 31st conference on Winter simulation: Simulation---a bridge to the future - Volume 2

December 1999

1754 pages

ISBN:0780357809

DOI:10.1145/324898

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Phillip A. Farrington
Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville
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Harriet Black Nembhard
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison
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Gerald W. Evans
Univ. of Louisville, Louisville, KY
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David T. Sturrock
Systems Modeling, Searickley, PA

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