Discrete event simulation for health technology assessment. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: J. Jaime Caro, Jørgen Møller, Jonathan Karnon, James Stahl, Jack Ishak.
• Authors: Caro, J. Jaime; Møller, Jørgen; Karnon, J (Jonathan Daniel); Stahl, James; Ishak, Jack
• Contents: Introduction ; The HTA Context; What Is Discrete Event Simulation?; How Does DES Compare to Other Techniques Commonly Used in HTA?; When Is Discrete Event Simulation Useful?; Acceptance of Discrete Event Simulation Central Concepts ; Events; Event Occurrence; Entities; Attributes; Time; Resources and Queues; Global Information ; Distributions; Using Influence Diagrams Implementation ; Control Logic; Using Distributions; Event Handling; Specifying Events; Creating the Population; Assigning Attributes; Handling Time; Applying Intervention Effects; Recording Information; Reflecting Resource Use A Simple Example ; Design; Obtaining the Inputs; Structuring the Model; Obtaining Results Analyses ; Base Case; Exploring Sensitivity to Input Values Formulating the Required Equations ; Requirements for the Equations; Selecting Data Sources; Taxonomy of Equation Types Commonly Used in DES; Selection of Predictors; Validation of the Final Equation; Combining Inputs and Equations from Different Sources Efficiency and Variance Reduction ; Reducing Unwanted Variance; Other Efficiency Improvements; Settings Affecting Model Execution Validation; Face Validity; Verification; External Validation Special Topics ; Documentation; Animation; Software; Agent-Based Models; Hybrid Models Case Study: Breast Cancer Surveillance ; Background; Why DES?; Design; Data Sources; Implementation; Analyses; Results; Comments
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 610.28; Medical technology; Discrete-time systems
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482218251
• Related ISBNs: 9781482218244
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