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Abstract | ||
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Is it possible for discrete-event simulation to be used in a facilitated workshop environment? Over the last decade there have been various attempts to use simulation in this way, but we argue here that none have been successful in achieving a fully facilitated mode where the model is both developed and used in the workshop. We attempt to use a discrete-event simulation in a facilitated mode as part of a lean improvement workshop in a hospital setting. The model was successfully developed and used within the 3 day period of the workshop. Although the intervention was successful, we still had to build the model in the 'back-office', meaning that a fully facilitated mode was not achieved. The paper concludes by discussing how fully facilitated modelling with discrete-event simulation might be made possible; the answer is more about changing mind-sets than about technological challenge. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2014 | 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.12.024 | European Journal of Operational Research |
Keywords | DocType | Volume |
Simulation,Facilitated modelling,OR in health services | Journal | 234 |
Issue | ISSN | Citations |
1 | 0377-2217 | 16 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.82 | 21 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart Robinson | 1 | 583 | 50.51 |
| Claire Worthington | 2 | 37 | 1.77 |
| Nicola Burgess | 3 | 37 | 1.77 |
| Zoe J. Radnor | 4 | 39 | 2.27 |