A statistical framework for the adaptive management of epidemiological interventions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Merl, Daniel ^a   Johnson, Leah R ^b   Gramacy, Robert B ^c   Mangel, Marc ^d  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFECTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VACCINATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; STANDARD;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; VACCINATION;

EID: 67149100842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005807     Document Type: Article

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