| Article ID: | iaor20119209 |
| Volume: | 62 |
| Issue: | 6 |
| Start Page Number: | 2417 |
| End Page Number: | 2423 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Journal: | Computers and Mathematics with Applications |
| Authors: | Fermo L, Bellomo N, Lumenta D B |
| Keywords: | medicine, optimization, simulation |
This paper deals with the optimization of keloid surgery strategies. The phenomenological interpretation of the medical/biological system under consideration leads to the modeling of the growth of a keloid and to the assessment of an objective functional, the minimization of which identifies the aforesaid strategy.