Bounds on a trauma outcome function via optimization

Bounds on a trauma outcome function via optimization

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Article ID: iaor19921799
Country: United States
Volume: 40
Start Page Number: 263
End Page Number: 275
Publication Date: Jan 1992
Journal: Operations Research
Authors: , , , ,
Keywords: programming: fractional
Abstract:

One measure of the effectiveness of institutional trauma and burn management based on collected patient data involves the computation of a standard normal Z statistic. A potential weakness of the measure arises from incomplete patient data. In this paper, the authors apply methods of fractional programming and global optimization to efficiently calculate bounds on the computed effectiveness of an institution. The measure of effectiveness (i.e., the trauma outcome function) is briefly described, the optimization problems associated with its upper and lower bounds are defined and characterized, and appropriate solution procedures are developed. The authors solve an example problem to illustrate the method.

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