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Author : John F. Kain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Use of Computer Simulation Models for Policy Analysis written by John F. Kain and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Boris Sobolev
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461422337
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)
Download or read book Health Care Evaluation Using Computer Simulation written by Boris Sobolev and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-07-12 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to place computer simulation studies within the paradigm of intervention research that is concerned with comparing the outcomes of health care delivered under different policies. This book presents computer simulation as a tool for testing various policy alternatives that have been developed by decision-makers within health care systems. This approach differs from the use of computer simulation in operations research, where simulation helps determine the configurations of a system that will allow it to function optimally. Although simulation of health care processes is not new, few health care systems have used simulations as a basis for re-engineering the delivery of health services. There is growing appreciation that the complexity of health care processes exceeds the capacity of individual disciplines–health services research, health economics, or operations research–to guide health care reform. In this book, the authors focus on bringing the methodological rigor of evaluative research to the design and analysis of such simulation studies. The book is intended as a reference for health services researchers. It offers a comprehensive description of the methodology of conducting simulation studies in evaluation of service alternatives in surgical care using discrete-event models, including the steps for identifying the clinical and managerial activities of the perioperative process, determining the model requirements, implementing simulation models, designing simulation experiments and analyzing the experimental data, and interpreting and reporting results. The book also offers examples of specific aspects of conducting simulation experiments: how to determine the number of runs needed to estimate the effect of implementing a health care policy; how to allocate the number of runs to study groups in simulation experiments aiming to evaluate policy or management alternatives; and how to use statistical analysis to estimate, interpret, and report effect sizes.
Author : Anand Desai
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461416655
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)
Download or read book Simulation for Policy Inquiry written by Anand Desai and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public policy and management problems have been described as poorly defined, messy, squishy, unstructured, intractable, and wicked. In a word, they are complex. This book illustrates the development and use of simulation models designed to capture some of the complexity inherent in the formulation, management, and implementation of policies aimed at addressing such problems. Simulation models have long existed at the fringes of policy inquiry but are not yet considered an essential component of the policy analyst’s toolkit. However, this situation is likely to change because with improvements in computational power and software, simulation is now easier to include in the standard repertoire of research tools available for discovery and decision support. This volume provides both a conceptual rationale for using simulations to inform public policy and a practical introduction to how such models might be constructed and employed. The focus of these papers is on the uses of simulation to gain understanding and inform policy decisions and action. Techniques represented in this volume include Monte Carlo simulation, system dynamics and agent based modeling.
Author : Barry L. Nazar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (115 download)
Download or read book Computer Simulation Modeling written by Barry L. Nazar and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J Ramon Gil-Garcia
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319617621
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)
Download or read book Policy Analytics, Modelling, and Informatics written by J Ramon Gil-Garcia and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive approach to the study of policy analytics, modelling and informatics. It includes theories and concepts for understanding tools and techniques used by governments seeking to improve decision making through the use of technology, data, modelling, and other analytics, and provides relevant case studies and practical recommendations. Governments around the world face policy issues that require strategies and solutions using new technologies, new access to data and new analytical tools and techniques such as computer simulation, geographic information systems, and social network analysis for the successful implementation of public policy and government programs. Chapters include cases, concepts, methodologies, theories, experiences, and practical recommendations on data analytics and modelling for public policy and practice, and addresses a diversity of data tools, applied to different policy stages in several contexts, and levels and branches of government. This book will be of interest of researchers, students, and practitioners in e-government, public policy, public administration, policy analytics and policy informatics.
Author : Stuart A. Bremer
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400867460
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Simulated Worlds written by Stuart A. Bremer and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-08 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book evaluates the Simulated International Processer (SIPER) model of the international political system, which was derived from the Inter-Nation Simulation model created at Northwestern University. Stuart Bremer makes a significant advance by programming all aspects of the basic theory so that it more completely and accurately reflects the complexity of international relations in the real world. After describing the SIPER model, the author sets forth the values of the variables and parameters used for the twenty-four runs, including those that remained the same throughout and those that were varied. He then undertakes to validate the model by determining the extent to which the simulated nations behave like real world nations and simulated international systems like real international systems. In conclusion, he assesses the model's strengths and weaknesses and points to possible future improvements. Originally published in 1977. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Robert E. Pugh
Publisher : Washington : Information Resources Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Evaluation of Policy Simulation Models written by Robert E. Pugh and published by Washington : Information Resources Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James R. Emshoff
Publisher : [New York] : Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Design and Use of Computer Simulation Models written by James R. Emshoff and published by [New York] : Macmillan. This book was released on 1970 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systems, decisions, and models. Simulation and symbolic models of dynamic systems. Simulation methodology. Model building and use. Developing the simulation model and program. Simulation languages. Model design; Analyzing a simulation run. Experimental optimization. A simulation model a computer center's operations. Simulation models of human behavior. The future of simulation.
Author : Stuart A Bremer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000230023
Total Pages : 940 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Globus Model written by Stuart A Bremer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-09-06 with total page 940 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of independent works on the GLOBUS model. A first and basic application of the GLOBUS model was made through the computation of its standard run for the years 1970-2010. Stated in the simplest possible terms GLOBUS is a computer simulation model of many important macropolitical and macroeconomic relationships within and among 25 prominent contemporary nations plus a rest-of-world entity. It is designed and used to explore possible solutions to long-term global problems.
Author : Brian Laird Crissey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 750 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (641 download)
Download or read book A Rational Framework for the Use of Computer Simulation Models in a Policy Context written by Brian Laird Crissey and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : M. Granger Morgan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1316886999
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (168 download)
Download or read book Theory and Practice in Policy Analysis written by M. Granger Morgan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-12 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books instruct readers on how to use the tools of policy analysis. This book is different. Its primary focus is on helping readers to look critically at the strengths, limitations, and the underlying assumptions analysts make when they use standard tools or problem framings. Using examples, many of which involve issues in science and technology, the book exposes readers to some of the critical issues of taste, professional responsibility, ethics, and values that are associated with policy analysis and research. Topics covered include policy problems formulated in terms of utility maximization such as benefit-cost, decision, and multi-attribute analysis, issues in the valuation of intangibles, uncertainty in policy analysis, selected topics in risk analysis and communication, limitations and alternatives to the paradigm of utility maximization, issues in behavioral decision theory, issues related to organizations and multiple agents, and selected topics in policy advice and policy analysis for government.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309174198
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Statistics, Testing, and Defense Acquisition written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-05-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For every weapons system being developed, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) must make a critical decision: Should the system go forward to full-scale production? The answer to that question may involve not only tens of billions of dollars but also the nation's security and military capabilities. In the milestone process used by DOD to answer the basic acquisition question, one component near the end of the process is operational testing, to determine if a system meets the requirements for effectiveness and suitability in realistic battlefield settings. Problems discovered at this stage can cause significant production delays and can necessitate costly system redesign. This book examines the milestone process, as well as the DOD's entire approach to testing and evaluating defense systems. It brings to the topic of defense acquisition the application of scientific statistical principles and practices.
Author : Thomas H. Naylor
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Computer Simulation Experiments with Models of Economic Systems written by Thomas H. Naylor and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1971 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes methodology for formulation of various economic models and scientific management models, and covers validation, experimental design, data analysis of variance, sequential sampling, spectral analysis, variance reduction, statistical analysis, rules governing sample sizes, simulation languages, etc.
Author : Flaminio Squazzoni
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 364201108X
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Epistemological Aspects of Computer Simulation in the Social Sciences written by Flaminio Squazzoni and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-22 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the revised versions of the invited and selected papers from the Second Epistemological Perspectives on Simulation Workshop, EPOS 2006, which was held in Brescia, Italy, during October 5-6, 2006. The 11 papers presented together with 2 invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 35 submissions. The topics addressed were epistemological and methodological contents, such as the relevance of empirical foundations for agent-based simulations, the role of theory, the concepts and meaning of emergence, the trade-off between simplification and complexification of models.
Author : Paul A. Fishwick
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461390729
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (613 download)
Download or read book Qualitative Simulation Modeling and Analysis written by Paul A. Fishwick and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recently there has been considerable interest in qualitative methods in simulation and mathematical model- ing. Qualitative Simulation Modeling and Analysis is the first book to thoroughly review fundamental concepts in the field of qualitative simulation. The book will appeal to readers in a variety of disciplines including researchers in simulation methodology, artificial intelligence and engineering. This book boldly attempts to bring together, for the first time, the qualitative techniques previously found only in hard-to-find journals dedicated to single disciplines. The book is written for scientists and engineers interested in improving their knowledge of simulation modeling. The "qualitative" nature of the book stresses concepts of invariance, uncertainty and graph-theoretic bases for modeling and analysis.
Author : Hartmut Bossel
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3833484225
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (334 download)
Download or read book System Zoo 1 Simulation Models written by Hartmut Bossel and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2007 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the book: Mathematical modeling and computer simulation make it possible to understand and control the dynamic processes taking place in complex systems. Simulation provides insights into the often surprising diversity of possible behaviors, and allows identifying possibilities for intervention and options for alternative development. About one hundred simulation models from all areas of life are fully documented in the three volumes of the 'System Zoo'. They can be quickly implemented and easily operated using freely available system dynamics software. Volume 1 of the System Zoo contains simulation models of elementary processes, and of complex systems from physics and engineering, among them: exponential and logistic growth, oscillations, delays, and storage; phenomena of infection, transition, and overload; complex systems with limit cycles, multiple equilibrium points and chaotic attractors; and applications from control engineering, flight dynamics, fluid flow and heat conduction. The System Zoo collection of simulation models is particularly well-suited for teaching, training, and research projects at all levels from high school to university, and for individual study. Volume 2 of the System Zoo contains simulation models related to climate, vegetation, ecosystems and resources. Volume 3 deals with systems and processes found in economy and society, and with long-term global development. About the author: Hartmut Bossel is Professor Emeritus of environmental systems analysis. He taught for many years at the University of California in Santa Barbara and the University of Kassel, Germany, where he was director of the Center for Environmental Systems Research until his retirement. He holds an engineering degree from the Technical University of Darmstadt, and a Ph.D. degree from the University of California at Berkeley. With a background in engineering, systems science, and mathematical modeling, he has led many research projects and future studies in different countries, developing computer simulation models and decision support systems in the areas of energy supply policy, global dynamics, orientation of behavior, agricultural policy, and forest dynamics and management. He has written numerous books on modeling and simulation of dynamic systems, social change and future paths, and has published widely in the scientific literature in several fields.
Author : Robert Y. Cavana
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030671909
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)
Download or read book Feedback Economics written by Robert Y. Cavana and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book approaches economic problems from a systems thinking and feedback perspective. By introducing system dynamics methods (including qualitative and quantitative techniques) and computer simulation models, the respective contributions apply feedback analysis and dynamic simulation modeling to important local, national, and global economics issues and concerns. Topics covered include: an introduction to macro modeling using a system dynamics framework; a system dynamics translation of the Phillips machine; a re-examination of classical economic theories from a feedback perspective; analyses of important social, ecological, and resource issues; the development of a biophysical economics module for global modelling; contributions to monetary and financial economics; analyses of macroeconomic growth, income distribution and alternative theories of well-being; and a re-examination of scenario macro modeling. The contributions also examine the philosophical differences between the economics and system dynamics communities in an effort to bridge existing gaps and compare methods. Many models and other supporting information are provided as online supplementary files. Consequently, the book appeals to students and scholars in economics, as well as to practitioners and policy analysts interested in using systems thinking and system dynamics modeling to understand and improve economic systems around the world. "Clearly, there is much space for more collaboration between the advocates of post-Keynesian economics and system dynamics! More generally, I would like to recommend this book to all scholars and practitioners interested in exploring the interface and synergies between economics, system dynamics, and feedback thinking." Comments in the Foreword by Marc Lavoie, Emeritus Professor, University of Ottawa and University of Sorbonne Paris Nord
