Overview

This is the first book to make all the central concepts of discrete event simulation relevant for health technology assessment. Accessible to beginners, the book requires no prerequisites and describes the concepts with as little jargon as possible.

Contents

It presents essential concepts, a fully worked out implementation example, approaches to analyze the simulations, the development of the required equations, model verification techniques, and validation.

Additional Topics

The book also covers various special topics and includes a real case study involving screening strategies for breast cancer surveillance.