BUILDING HEALTHCARE DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION MODELS IN FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE: AN INTRODUCTORY TUTORIAL
This tutorial aims to support modellers working in healthcare research or practice to build Discrete-Event Simulation models using the Free and Open Source Software SimPy and Python. We provide a step-by-step guide to building a stylised urgent care telephone call centre model. Open materials that accompany the tutorial, including models and exercises, are available online and can be run without installing Python. As the materials are introductory, we also provide a next steps section that describes simple, intermediate and advanced extensions to the work.
Authors
- Alison L. Harper (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5274-5037)
- Navonil Mustafee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2204-8924)
- Thomas Monks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2631-4481)
- Andrew Mayne
- Amy Heather
Institutions
- University of Exeter (GB)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-03-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.36819/sw25.004
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- Department of Health and Social Care
- National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula
- Medical Research Council