Decision analysis and simulation modeling for evaluating diagnostic tests on the basis of patient outcomes

SK Plevritis - American Journal of Roentgenology, 2005 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
… The evaluation of Markov models by algebraic solutions, cohort simulation, and Monte
Carlo simulation is discussed. Finally, cost-effectiveness analysis of diagnostic testing is briefly …

Use of simulation modeling to estimate herd-level sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of diagnostic tests for detection of tuberculosis in cattle

B Norby, PC Bartlett, DL Grooms… - American journal of …, 2005 - Am Vet Med Assoc
test result for several testing scenarios for detection of tuberculosis in cattle by use of simulation
modeling… Procedure—5 test scenarios were simulated: scenario 1, serial interpretation of …

Simulation-based diagnostic model for automatic testability analysis of analog circuits

X Tang, A Xu, R Li, M Zhu, J Dai - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
simulation data which is constructed by applying the test set … These mutants are simulated
under the tests, and then we … curves generated by different tests on different test points. The …

Diagnosing diagnostic tests: evaluating the assumptions underlying the estimation of sensitivity and specificity in the absence of a gold standard

N Toft, E Jørgensen, S Højsgaard - Preventive veterinary medicine, 2005 - Elsevier
… In order to have full control of the dataset used for illustration of our various points, we will
use simulated data so that the results obtained from latent class analysis can be directly …

[HTML][HTML] Reducing pediatric ED length of stay by reducing diagnostic testing: a discrete event simulation model

KW McKinley, JM Chamberlain, Q Doan… - Pediatric Quality & …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
… We used discrete event simulation (DES) modeling to test the theoretical impact of a proposed
initiative to reduce diagnostic testing for low-acuity pediatric emergency department (ED) …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting the impact of patient and private provider behavior on diagnostic delay for pulmonary tuberculosis patients in India: A simulation modeling study

S Deo, S Singh, N Jha, N Arinaminpathy… - PLoS medicine, 2020 - journals.plos.org
… event simulation model of patients’ diagnostic pathways that captures key behavioral
characteristics of providers (time to order a test… to development of new diagnostic tests, our …

The MISCAN-COLON simulation model for the evaluation of colorectal cancer screening

F Loeve, R Boer, GJ van Oortmarssen… - Computers and …, 1999 - Elsevier
… The model presented in this article allows for less … and can be used to simulate all candidate
screening tests. This … The sensitivity of screening and diagnostic tests may differ for lesions …

Correlation-adjusted estimation of sensitivity and specificity of two diagnostic tests

MP Georgiadis, WO Johnson… - Journal of the Royal …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
… , including the test correlation, are possible. We present a model for evaluating dependent
diagnostic tests and analyse real and simulated data sets. Our analysis shows that, when the …

Application of diagnostic tests in veterinary epidemiologic studies

M Greiner, IA Gardner - Preventive veterinary medicine, 2000 - Elsevier
Important applications of diagnostic tests in non-clinical … the processing and analysis of diagnostic
data with special … ) in the different applications of diagnostic tests. These methods often …

Effect of time to diagnostic testing for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer screening abnormalities on screening efficacy: a modeling study

CM Rutter, JJ Kim, RGS Meester, BL Sprague… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2018 - AACR
… For each cancer type, we simulated diagnostic testing … with longer times to diagnostic
testing, particularly for breast … Our results are based on simulation modeling, which requires …