Modelling in healthcare
By: Complex Systems Modelling Group (CSMG).
Contributors: Simon Fraser University. Complex Systems Modelling Group.; American Mathematical Society.
Publisher: American Mathematical Society
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Providence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780821849699
Subjects: Medical care -- Research -- Mathematical models; Modeling; Delivery of Health Care -- organization & administration; Models, Theoretical; Artificial Intelligence; Sociometric Techniques
Description: xvii, 218 p. : 27 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The whys, whats, and whens of modelling in healthcare; title: How to use this book; title: The modelling process; title: Issues of data; title: The basics; title: Predictions and responses; title: Evaluating detrimental behaviour; title: Adjusting risky behaviour; title: Issues in mathematical modelling; title: Explaining irrational behaviour; title: Modelling optimal behaviour; title: Modelling social interaction; title: The future starts now; title: Viewing the system as a whole; title: Dealing with lines and capacity; title: Finding the "best" intervention.