Using agent-based modeling to inform regional health care system investment and planning

Proceedings - 2014 International Conference on Computational Science and Computational Intelligence, CSCI 2014

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 211-214

  Kruzikas, Denise T ^a   Higashi, Mitchell K ^a   Edgar, Marc ^b   Macal, Charles M ^c   North, Michael J ^c   Graziano, Diane J ^c   Collier, Nick T ^c  

^a GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling and simulation; Epidemiology modeling; Infrastructure investment; Public health planning

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CATCHMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA VISUALIZATION; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE; PLANNING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AGENT-BASED MODELING AND SIMULATION; DEVELOPING REGIONS; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; HEALTHCARE FACILITY; INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84902651552     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSCI.2014.120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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