Modelling the patient flow in an Out Patient Department (OPD) of a hospital using simulation techniques
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عنوان ژورنال: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
سال: 2021
ISSN: 1757-8981,1757-899X
DOI: 10.1088/1757-899x/1059/1/012041