Modeling a Chilean Hospital Using Specification and Description Language

Modeling a Chilean Hospital Using Specification and Description Language

Jorge Leiva Olmos, Pau Fonseca i Casas, Jordi Ocaña Rebull
ISBN13: 9781466643697|ISBN10: 1466643692|EISBN13: 9781466643703
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4369-7.ch006
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Olmos, Jorge Leiva, et al. "Modeling a Chilean Hospital Using Specification and Description Language." Formal Languages for Computer Simulation: Transdisciplinary Models and Applications, edited by Pau Fonseca i Casas, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 179-204. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4369-7.ch006

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Olmos, J. L., Fonseca i Casas, P., & Rebull, J. O. (2014). Modeling a Chilean Hospital Using Specification and Description Language. In P. Fonseca i Casas (Ed.), Formal Languages for Computer Simulation: Transdisciplinary Models and Applications (pp. 179-204). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4369-7.ch006

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Olmos, Jorge Leiva, Pau Fonseca i Casas, and Jordi Ocaña Rebull. "Modeling a Chilean Hospital Using Specification and Description Language." In Formal Languages for Computer Simulation: Transdisciplinary Models and Applications, edited by Pau Fonseca i Casas, 179-204. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4369-7.ch006

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Abstract

In this chapter, the authors present a formal model of the Anesthesia Unit and Surgical Wards (UAPQ) of a Chilean hospital. The objective was to document and to understand its operation, to assist hospital management and to facilitate its simulation. The model was built with Specification and Description Language (SDL). This methodology was used because it allows the design of a model that represents the system in a graphical, modular, and standard way. Our design contains the following agents: the system, 11 blocks, and 52 processes. The blocks and the processes describe the clinical and administrative activities. The environment of the UAPQ model contains 3 components: clinical services, emergency units, and support units.

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