Linked lives: The utility of an agent-based approach to modeling partnership and household formation in the context of social care

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Noble, Jason ^a   Silverman, Eric ^a   Bijak, Jakub ^a   Rossiter, Stuart ^a   Evandrou, Maria ^a   Bullock, Seth ^a   Vlachantoni, Athina ^a   Falkingham, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED APPROACH; AGENT-BASED MODEL; AGENT-BASED MODELING; AVERAGE COST; HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE; OLDER PEOPLE; PRIMARY USERS; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL PROCESS;

TAXATION;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 84874668111     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2012.6465264     Document Type: Conference Paper

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