Abstract
Traditional modelling approaches (mainly stemming from technically oriented application domains) have shown themselves increasingly inadequate in supporting the economic and organisational planning processes of hospitals. One of the major reasons for this problem is neglect of human decision making and behaviour as a relevant influence on the performance of such systems. In this paper, we show how the problem can be overcome by integrating agent technology into current modelling approaches. Simulation models of autonomous agents make it possible to take into consideration (and answer) questions about economic evaluation and process-oriented control more plausibly than current approaches are able to do.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Appelrath, H.-J., and Sauer, J. (1998). MEDICUS: ein medizinisches Ressourcenplanungssystem. In: Künstliche Intelligenz, 12: 56–60.
Davies, R.M. (1985). An interactive simulation in the health service. In: Journal of Operational Research Society, 36: 597–606.
Davies, H., and Davies, R. (1995). Simulating health systems: modelling problems and software solutions. In: European Journal of Operational Research, 87: 35–44.
Hams, R.A. (1986). Hospital bed requirements planning. In: European Journal of Operational Research, 25: 121–126.
Heike, A. (1994). Problemgeschichte der Gesundheitsökonomik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Die ökonomische Steuerung von Angebot und Nachfrage im Gesundheitswesen von der Kostenexplosion bis zum Gesundheitsstrukturgesetz. Verlag Kohlhammer, Köln.
Helmig, B., and Tscheulin, D.K. (1998). Krankenhausmanagement in der deutschsprachigen betriebswirtschaftlichen Forschung im internationalen Vergleich. In: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft (ZfB), 68: 83–110.
Klinger, A. (1999). Referenzmodelle für die Abbildung von Personalsteuerung in der Simulation. SCS, Erlangen. Promodel: http://www.promodel.com/products/medmodel, 1999.
Schlüchtermann, J., and Sibbel, R. (1999). Produktionsplanung und -steuerung (PPS) für Dienstleistungsunternehmen. In: Corsten, H., and Schneider, H. (eds.): Wettbewerbsfaktor Dienstleistung. Verlag Vahlen, München, 59–77.
Schmidt, B. (1995). Simplex II — Ein integriertes Simulationssystem — Benutzerhandbuch. SCS, Erlangen.
Schmidt, B., and Toussaint, A. (1996). Das Referenzmodell SSA für Strategien. In: SiP — Simulation in Passau, Heft 3: 8–15.
Urban, C. (2000). PECS — A Reference Model for the Simulation of Multi-Agent Systems. In: Suleiman, R., Troitzsch, K.G., and Gilbert, G.N. (eds.): Tools and Techniques for Social Science Simulation. Physica-Verlag, Heidelberg, 83–114.
Wright, M.B. (1987). The application of a surgical bed simulation model. In: European Journal of Operational Research, 32: 26–32.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2001 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Sibbel, R., Urban, C. (2001). Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation for Hospital Management. In: Saam, N.J., Schmidt, B. (eds) Cooperative Agents. Theory and Decision Library, vol 32. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1177-7_11
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1177-7_11
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-90-481-5902-4
Online ISBN: 978-94-017-1177-7
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive