Discrete event simulation for health technology assessment

Discover How to Apply DES to Problems Encountered in HTADiscrete event simulation (DES) has traditionally been used in the engineering and operations research fields. The use of DES to inform decisions about health technologies is still in its infancy. Written by specialists at the forefront of this...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Caro, J. Jaime, Møller, Jørgen (Author), Karnon, Jonathan (Author), Stahl, James (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton CRC Press 2016
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Central concepts
  • 3. Implementation
  • 4. A simple example
  • 5. Analyses
  • 6. Formulating the required equations
  • 7. Efficiency and variance reduction
  • 8. Validation
  • 9. Special topics
  • 10. Case study : breast cancer surveillance