Commercial-off-the-shelf simulation package interoperability: issues and futures
Winter Simulation Conference
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In this study we present the development of a conceptual framework for a hybrid agent-based discrete event simulation model within the context of emergency medical services. There are many existing simulation models of emergency medical services (EMS), but each is considered in isolation, rather than as a single node in a complex web of regional EMS. The aim of this research is to develop a hybrid approach tool, using distributed simulation technology, that would enable interactions between existing EMS models and so provide an integrated network of the different components of the EMS. This would provide possibilities for integrated efficiency improvement scenarios and system analysis. This concept is illustrated using an agent-based ambulance service model and a discrete event EMS model. The advantages of such a technique is that expensive and time-consuming models can be reused and expanded to incorporate influencing external factors.