Search Results - "Brailsford, Sally C."

The economic impact and cost-effectiveness of combined vector-control and dengue vaccination strategies in Thailand: results from a dynamic transmission model by Knerer, Gerhart, Currie, Christine S M, Brailsford, Sally C

“…Dengue fever is a major public health problem in tropical/subtropical regions. Prior economic analyses have predominantly evaluated either vaccination or…”
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Reducing dengue fever cases at the lowest budget: a constrained optimization approach applied to Thailand by Knerer, Gerhart, Currie, Christine S M, Brailsford, Sally C

“…With the challenges that dengue fever (DF) presents to healthcare systems and societies, public health officials must determine where best to allocate scarce…”
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Hybrid simulation modelling in operational research: A state-of-the-art review by Brailsford, Sally C., Eldabi, Tillal, Kunc, Martin, Mustafee, Navonil, Osorio, Andres F.

“…•Hybrid simulation is a new but rapidly growing area in operational research.•The main application areas are healthcare, manufacturing and supply chains.•There…”
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A structured review of quantitative models in the blood supply chain: a taxonomic framework for decision-making by Osorio, Andres F., Brailsford, Sally C., Smith, Honora K.

“…This paper presents a structured review of the literature on quantitative modelling for the blood product supply chain. This is a widely researched topic,…”
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Whole blood or apheresis donations? A multi-objective stochastic optimization approach by Osorio, Andres F., Brailsford, Sally C., Smith, Honora K.

“…•A novel methodology for the stochastic multi-objective optimization problem.•Evaluation of the optimality gap for each non-dominated solution.•Consideration…”
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Designing the blood supply chain: how much, how and where? by Osorio, Andres F., Brailsford, Sally C., Smith, Honora K., Blake, John

“…Background The topology of the blood supply chain network can take different forms in different settings, depending on geography, politics, costs, etc. Many…”
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Simulation-optimization model for production planning in the blood supply chain by Osorio, Andres F., Brailsford, Sally C., Smith, Honora K., Forero-Matiz, Sonia P., Camacho-Rodríguez, Bernardo A.

“…Production planning in the blood supply chain is a challenging task. Many complex factors such as uncertain supply and demand, blood group proportions, shelf…”
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Hybrid simulation in healthcare: New concepts and new tools by Brailsford, Sally C.

“…Until relatively recently, developing hybrid simulation models using more than one simulation paradigm was a challenging task which required a degree of…”
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Using system dynamics to evaluate control strategies for mosquito-borne diseases spread by human travel by Mecoli, Mariagrazia, De Angelis, Vanda, Brailsford, Sally C.

“…The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of control strategies for diseases transmitted by the Aedes albopictus mosquito (the “Asian tiger”) and…”
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Impact of combined vector-control and vaccination strategies on transmission dynamics of dengue fever: a model-based analysis by Knerer, Gerhart, Currie, Christine S. M., Brailsford, Sally C.

“…Dengue fever is a vector-borne disease prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions. It is an important public health problem with a considerable and often…”
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Hybrid simulation studies and Hybrid Simulation systems: Definitions, challenges, and benefits by Mustafee, Navonil, Powell, John, Brailsford, Sally C., Diallo, Saikou, Padilla, Jose, Tolk, Andreas

“…Hybrid Simulation (HS) is not new. However there is contention in academic discourse as to what qualifies as HS? Is there a distinction between multi-method,…”
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Constraint satisfaction problems: Algorithms and applications by Brailsford, Sally C., Potts, Chris N., Smith, Barbara M.

“…A constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) requires a value, selected from a given finite domain, to be assigned to each variable in the problem, so that all…”
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Improving inter-organizational care-cure designs: specialization versus integration by Pieters, Angele, van Oorschot, Kim E, Akkermans, Henk A, Brailsford, Sally C

“…Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate inter-organizational designs for care–cure conditions in which low-risk patients are cared for in…”
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Hybrid simulation for health and social care: The way forward, or more trouble than it's worth? by Brailsford, Sally C., Viana, Joe, Rossiter, Stuart, Channon, Andrew, Lotery, Andrew J.

“…This paper describes the process of developing a hybrid simulation model for a disease called age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a common cause of sight…”
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Simulating the provision of antiretroviral therapy in Zambia by Kabaso, E. Mushota, Currie, Christine S. M., Brailsford, Sally C.

“…Zambia has over 1.9 million HIV-infected people and is one of the countries hardest hit by the HIV pandemic. Limited information exists on the long-term…”
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OR in healthcare: A European perspective by Brailsford, Sally, Vissers, Jan

“…The European Working Group “Operational Research Applied to Health Services” (ORAHS) is one of the domain specific EURO Working Groups organized by EURO – the…”
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Combined Discrete-event Simulation and Ant Colony Optimisation Approach for Selecting Optimal Screening Policies for Diabetic Retinopathy by Brailsford, Sally C, Gutjahr, Walter J, Rauner, Marion S, Zeppelzauer, Wolfgang

“…In this paper we present the first application to a healthcare problem of discrete-event simulation (DES) embedded in an ant colony optimisation (ACO) model…”
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System Dynamics modeling of Chlamydia infection for screening intervention planning and cost-benefit estimation by Evenden, Dave, Harper, Paul R., Brailsford, Sally C., Harindra, Veerakathy

“…Genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the UK. It constitutes a major public health problem given that…”
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System dynamics: What's in it for healthcare simulation modelers by Brailsford, Sally C.

“…In the past decade there has been an explosion in the use of system dynamics modeling in healthcare. Despite this, the approach is still far less well known…”
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Modeling human behavior - an (id)entity crisis? by Brailsford, Sally C.

“…Agent-based modeling (ABM) has gained great popularity in recent years, especially in application areas where human behavior is important, because it opens up…”
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