A Framework for Constructing Discrete Event Simulation Models for Emergency Medical Service Policy Analysis

Saeid Amouzad Mahdiraji; Johan Holmgren; Ala'A Alshaban; Radu-Casian Mihailescu; Jesper Petersson; Jabir Al Fatah

doi:10.1016/j.procs.2022.10.129

A Framework for Constructing Discrete Event Simulation Models for Emergency Medical Service Policy Analysis

Saeid Amouzad Mahdiraji^*, Johan Holmgren, Ala'A Alshaban, Radu-Casian Mihailescu, Jesper Petersson, Jabir Al Fatah

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School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences

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Constructing simulation models can be a complex and time-consuming task, in particular if the models are constructed from scratch or if a general-purpose simulation modeling tool is used. In this paper, we propose a model construction framework, which aims to simplify the process of constructing discrete event simulation models for emergency medical service (EMS) policy analysis. The main building blocks used in the framework are a set of general activities that can be used to represent different EMS care chains modeled as flowcharts. The framework allows to build models only by specifying input data, including demographic and statistical data, and providing a care chain of activities and decisions. In a case study, we evaluated the framework by using it to construct a model for the simulation of the EMS activities related to acute stroke. Our evaluation shows that the predefined activities included in the framework are sufficient to build a simulation model for the rather complex case of acute stroke.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	133-140
Number of pages	8
Journal	Procedia Computer Science
Volume	210
Early online date	14 Nov 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2022.10.129
Publication status	Published - 2022
Event	13th International Conference on Emerging Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks / The 12th International Conference on Current and Future Trends of Information and Communication Technologies in Healthcare - Leuven, Belgium Duration: 26 Oct 2022 → 28 Oct 2022

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Care chain
EMS
Model construction framework
Simulation model

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