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A participative and facilitative conceptual modelling framework for discrete event simulation studies in healthcare
journal contribution
posted on 2011-05-06, 10:24 authored by Katherine Kotiadis, Antuela A. Tako, Christos VasilakisExisting approaches to conceptual modelling (CM) in discrete-event simulation (DES) do not formally support the participation of a group of stakeholders. Simulation in healthcare can benefit from stakeholder participation as it makes possible to share multiple views and tacit knowledge from different parts of the system. We put forward a framework tailored to healthcare that supports the interaction of simulation modellers with a group of stakeholders to arrive at a common conceptual model. The framework incorporates two facilitated workshops. It consists of a package including: three key stages and sub-stages; activities and guidance; tools and prescribed outputs. The CM framework is tested in a real case study of an obesity system. The benefits of using this framework in healthcare studies and more widely in simulation are discussed. The paper also considers how the framework meets the conceptual modeling requirements.
History
School
- Business and Economics
Department
- Business
Published in
Journal of the Operational Research SocietyVolume
65Issue
2Pages
Pages 197-213Citation
KOTIADIS, K.K., TAKO, A.A. and VASILAKIS, C., 2014. A participative and facilitative conceptual modelling framework for discrete event simulation studies in healthcare. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 65 (2), pp. Pages 197-213.Publisher
Taylor and FrancisVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Operational Research Society Ltd.Publisher statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of the Operational Research Society on 21/12/2017 available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jors.2012.176Publication date
2017-12-21Copyright date
2014Notes
http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jors.2012.176Publisher version
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