An Introduction to RFID Technology
IEEE Pervasive Computing
A survey of data resources for simulating patient flows in healthcare delivery systems
WSC '05 Proceedings of the 37th conference on Winter simulation
Using RFID technologies to capture simulation data in a hospital emergency department
Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation
Radio Frequency Identification Applications in Smart Hospitals
CBMS '07 Proceedings of the Twentieth IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems
Adaptive resource allocation for efficient patient scheduling
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine
In and out of the hospital: the hidden interface of high fidelity research via RFID
INTERACT'07 Proceedings of the 11th IFIP TC 13 international conference on Human-computer interaction
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Discrete Event Simulation (DES) is often used to test the operational efficiency of new systems before they are used in practice. Our focus is on tracking movable assets with Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) sensors to enable efficient sharing of the assets between hospital departments. In a hospital, patients, equipment, and personnel interact in complex ways. Different types of assets require different models of usage in a simulation program. This paper presents a taxonomy for different movable assets, proposes appropriate simulation models for each asset type, and presents the results of simulating an asset tracking system for one particular movable asset type. In addition, the taxonomy in this paper can help other researchers understand the ways different assets are used, and develop software applications based on RFID sensor data.