Title Page
Abstract
Contents
Chapter Ⅰ. Introduction 14
1.1. Problem Statement 14
1.2. Structure of Thesis 17
Chapter Ⅱ. Literature Review 20
2.1. Hospital Design and Methodological Limits 20
2.2. Agent-based Simulation in Hospital Design 24
2.3. Hypothesis 26
Chapter Ⅲ. Development 28
3.1. Parameters and Behavioral Rules of Agent within Hospital 28
3.2. Default Patient-Caregiver Agent Model [1]: Multilayered Interactions within Hospital 32
3.3. Advanced Patient-Caregiver Agent Model [2] and [3]: Integration of Relationship Recognition and Behavioral Responses 37
3.4. Implementation 45
Chapter Ⅳ. Research Method 49
4.1. Materials 49
4.2. Measurement Procedure 59
4.3. Data Collection: Expert Evaluation 61
Chapter Ⅴ. Result Analysis 62
5.1. Statistical Analysis 62
5.2. Interpretation 66
Chapter Ⅵ. Conclusion and Discussion 71
6.1. Conclusion 71
6.2. Discussion 73
References 75
Funding and Approval Notification 79
Appendix: Evaluation Survey Form 80
Table 1. Structure of Thesis 19
Table 2. Task Requirements 60
Figure 1. Previous Study on Space for Efficient Medical Services, Zook & Bafna, 2022 20
Figure 2. A Photo of Contemporary Hospital Environment, Gensler, 2022 21
Figure 3. Visual Connectivity Graphs, Ossmann, 2015 23
Figure 4. An Example of Agent-based Simulation 24
Figure 5. Parameters of Agents within Hospital 29
Figure 6. Motion Data of Agent within Hospital 30
Figure 7. Outpatient Procedures 31
Figure 8. Activity Flow of Agents 32
Figure 9. Interactions between Hospital Visitors and Environment 34
Figure 10. Interactions between Hospital Visitors and Staff 35
Figure 11. Interactions between Hospital Visitors 36
Figure 12. Comparison of Visual Perception System between Agent Model [2] and [3] 38
Figure 13. Comparison of Relationship Computation between Agent Model [2] and [3] 40
Figure 14. Patient-Caregiver Relationship Maintenance Behavior 42
Figure 15. Order Maintenance Behavior 44
Figure 16. Characteristics of the Three Agent Models 45
Figure 17. Quantitative Analysis Mode 46
Figure 18. Visualization Analysis Mode 47
Figure 19. Hospital Performance Measurements - Hospital A 50
Figure 20. Hospital Performance Measurements - Hospital E 50
Figure 21. Hospital Performance Measurements - Hospital I 51
Figure 22. Hospital Performance Measurements - Hospital K 51
Figure 23. Hospital Performance Measurements - Hospital R 52
Figure 24. Hospital Performance Measurements - Hospital S 52
Figure 25. Hospital Performance - Hospital A 53
Figure 26. Hospital Performance - Hospital E 54
Figure 27. Hospital Performance - Hospital I 55
Figure 28. Hospital Performance - Hospital K 56
Figure 29. Hospital Performance - Hospital R 57
Figure 30. Hospital Performance - Hospital S 58
Figure 31. Impacts of Agent Models on Reliability of Hospital Performance Analysis, Practical Applicability, and Usefulness 62
Figure 32. Statistical Analysis Results on Reliability of Hospital Performance Analysis, Practical Applicability, and Usefulness 63
Figure 33. Impacts of Agent Models on Reliability of Hospital Performance Measurement 64
Figure 34. Statistical Analysis Results on Reliability of Hospital Performance Measurement 65
Figure 35. An Example of Hospital S (1) 67
Figure 36. An Example of Hospital S (2) 68
Figure 37. An Example of Hospital E 69
Figure 38. An Example of Hospital I 70