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What does lindley 1952 concludes?

That the system improves dramatically when customer arrivals are scheduled at regular intervals as opposed to random intervals

What is the advantage of simulation modeling over analytical approaches?

With simulation modeling you have the ability to model complex outpatient queing systems and environmental variables. In other words, you can model far more complex things

When to use simulation modeling?

When the researcher wants to understand the relation between the developed appointment schedule and the interaction with their environmental variables

What is Bailey's rule?

Bailey was the first to study individual-block AS at a time when everyone was still using single block scheduling. He concluded, using monte carlo techniques, that an individual-block interval AS with an initial block of two patients leads to good balance between the waiting time for patients and the doctor idle time

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Outpatient scheduling in health care: A review of Literature

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