Keyword: medicine

Found 353 papers in total
Towards an evidence‐based decision making healthcare system management: Modelling patient pathways to improve clinical outcomes
Towards an evidence‐based decision making healthcare system management: Modelling patient pathways to improve clinical outcomes
2013,
The concept of patient flow modelling has attracted managers, commissioners and...
Selecting malaria interventions: A top‐down approach
Selecting malaria interventions: A top‐down approach
2013,
Malaria continues to be a great burden on both morbidity and mortality as well as...
Using system dynamics to evaluate control strategies for mosquito‐borne diseases spread by human travel
Using system dynamics to evaluate control strategies for mosquito‐borne diseases spread by human travel
2013,
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of control strategies for...
Seasonality and mixed vaccination strategy in an epidemic model with vertical transmission
Seasonality and mixed vaccination strategy in an epidemic model with vertical transmission
2011,
First vaccination (vaccinate at birth) and pulse vaccination are two methods used to...
Supporting clinical processes and decisions by hierarchical planning and scheduling
Supporting clinical processes and decisions by hierarchical planning and scheduling
2011,
This article is focused on how a general-purpose hierarchical planning representation,...
Managing the social amplification of risk: a simulation of interacting actors
Managing the social amplification of risk: a simulation of interacting actors
2013,
A central problem in managing risk is dealing with social processes that either...
Maximum likelihood estimation from interval censored recurrent event data
Maximum likelihood estimation from interval censored recurrent event data
2013,
In this paper, we consider the recurrent failures of several repairable units, which...
Optimal treatments in cost‐effectiveness analysis in the presence of covariates: Improving patient subgroup definition
Optimal treatments in cost‐effectiveness analysis in the presence of covariates: Improving patient subgroup definition
2013,
In the presence of covariates, the cost‐effectiveness analysis of medical...
The implementor/adversary algorithm for the cyclic and robust scheduling problem in health‐care
The implementor/adversary algorithm for the cyclic and robust scheduling problem in health‐care
2013,
A general problem in health‐care consists in allocating some scarce medical...
The extended QUALIFLEX method for multiple criteria decision analysis based on interval type‐2 fuzzy sets and applications to medical decision making
The extended QUALIFLEX method for multiple criteria decision analysis based on interval type‐2 fuzzy sets and applications to medical decision making
2013,
QUALIFLEX, a generalization of Jacquet‐Lagreze’s permutation method, is a...
A multi‐state model to improve the design of an automated system to monitor the activity patterns of patients with bipolar disorder
A multi‐state model to improve the design of an automated system to monitor the activity patterns of patients with bipolar disorder
2013,
This paper describes the role of mathematical modelling in the design and evaluation...
A Dynamic Programming Approach for Approximate Optimal Control for Cancer Therapy
A Dynamic Programming Approach for Approximate Optimal Control for Cancer Therapy
2013,
In the last 15 years, tumor anti‐angiogenesis became an active area of research...
Factors influencing decision support system acceptance
Factors influencing decision support system acceptance
2013,
While clinical DSS have many proven benefits, their uptake by GPs (general...
An iterative algorithm for sparse and constrained recovery with applications to divergence‐free current reconstructions in magneto‐encephalography
An iterative algorithm for sparse and constrained recovery with applications to divergence‐free current reconstructions in magneto‐encephalography
2013,
We propose an iterative algorithm for the minimization of a 𝓁 1 ‐norm...
Quantifying the Trade‐off Between IMRT Treatment Plan Quality and Delivery Efficiency Using Direct Aperture Optimization
Quantifying the Trade‐off Between IMRT Treatment Plan Quality and Delivery Efficiency Using Direct Aperture Optimization
2012,
Beam‐on time is an important measure of the delivery efficiency in...
Multi‐input Optimal Control Problems for Combined Tumor Anti‐angiogenic and Radiotherapy Treatments
Multi‐input Optimal Control Problems for Combined Tumor Anti‐angiogenic and Radiotherapy Treatments
2012,
A cell‐population‐based model for tumor growth under...
Solution of fractional bioheat equations by finite difference method and HPM
Solution of fractional bioheat equations by finite difference method and HPM
2011,
In this paper, we present a mathematical model of space–time fractional bioheat...
Expert versus lay perception of the risks of motor vehicle‐generated air pollution
Expert versus lay perception of the risks of motor vehicle‐generated air pollution
2012,
We explore whether experts’ perceptions of risk differ systematically from those...
New era for the consumer health informatics research agenda
New era for the consumer health informatics research agenda
2012,
Advances in information technology have signified a shift from...
Developments in time preference and their implications for medical decision making
Developments in time preference and their implications for medical decision making
2012,
The field of time preference is developing rapidly. It concerns important concepts for...
An exact method for minimizing the total treatment time in intensity‐modulated radiotherapy
An exact method for minimizing the total treatment time in intensity‐modulated radiotherapy
2012,
In this paper, we solve a combinatorial optimization problem that arises from the...
Despeckling of ultrasound images of bone fracture using multiple filtering algorithms
Despeckling of ultrasound images of bone fracture using multiple filtering algorithms
2013,
Ultrasound images are popularly known to contain speckle noise that degrades the...
A measure space approach to optimal source placement
A measure space approach to optimal source placement
2012,
The problem of optimal placement of point sources is formulated as a distributed...
An analytic approach to better understanding and management of coronary surgeries
An analytic approach to better understanding and management of coronary surgeries
2012,
Demand for high‐quality, affordable healthcare services increasing with the...
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