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Modeling Using Discrete Event Simulation: A Report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Task Force-4

2012

This paper reports on consensus-based guidelines on the application of DES in a health care setting, covering the range of issues to which DES can be applied. Discrete event simulation (DES) is a form of computer-based modeling that provides an intuitive and flexible approach to representing complex systems. The article works through the different stages of the modeling process: structural development, parameter estimation, model implementation, model analysis, and representation and reporting.

Recommendations are made for each stage of the modeling process. Descriptions and discussion of issues that are of particular relevance to the application of DES in a health care setting are also provided.

This paper is one of a 7-part series of articles on modeling good research practices based on a collaboration between the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) and the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM).

The other articles include:

 

Modeling Using Discrete Event Simulation: A Report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Task Force-4 Link to URL

Source:

Karnon J, Stahl JE, Brennan A et al. Modeling Using Discrete Event Simulation: A Report of the ISPOR-SMDM Modeling Good Research Practices Task Force-4. Value in Health 2012; 15: 821-827. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X12455462

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