Computer experiments for epidemiological studies : theory, methodology and models

There are many types of computer-based models built for various purposes, for demonstration, exploration, prediction, and data analysis to name a few. In this work, we are interested in one particular type: to conduct epidemiological experiments with computer-based models. This is motivated by its p...

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Main Author: Guo, Zaiyi
Other Authors: Huang Shell Ying
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-504912023-03-04T00:41:22Z Computer experiments for epidemiological studies : theory, methodology and models Guo, Zaiyi Huang Shell Ying Stephen John Turner Tay Joc Cing School of Computer Engineering Centre for Computational Intelligence DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Life and medical sciences There are many types of computer-based models built for various purposes, for demonstration, exploration, prediction, and data analysis to name a few. In this work, we are interested in one particular type: to conduct epidemiological experiments with computer-based models. This is motivated by its potential in offering a less costly, safer, unquestionably ethical and possibly more powerful alternative to the real world scientific studies. There has been extensive research work on computational models that simulate real-life applications which can be used for exploring what-if scenarios in public health concerns, but they often lack a systematic approach in designing and conducting experiments that mirrors its real-life counterpart – that of a rigorous randomized, controlled experiment lauded as the gold standard by medical practitioners. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (SCE) 2012-06-06T02:54:20Z 2012-06-06T02:54:20Z 2011 2011 Thesis Guo, Z. Y. (2011). Computer experiments for epidemiological studies : theory, methodology and models. Doctoral thesis, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/50491 10.32657/10356/50491 en 212 p. application/pdf
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Computer experiments for epidemiological studies : theory, methodology and models
description There are many types of computer-based models built for various purposes, for demonstration, exploration, prediction, and data analysis to name a few. In this work, we are interested in one particular type: to conduct epidemiological experiments with computer-based models. This is motivated by its potential in offering a less costly, safer, unquestionably ethical and possibly more powerful alternative to the real world scientific studies. There has been extensive research work on computational models that simulate real-life applications which can be used for exploring what-if scenarios in public health concerns, but they often lack a systematic approach in designing and conducting experiments that mirrors its real-life counterpart – that of a rigorous randomized, controlled experiment lauded as the gold standard by medical practitioners.
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