Modelling healthcare systems with phase-type distributions
Modelling healthcare systems with phase-type distributions
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DOI：
10.1007/s10729-008-9070-y
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发表时间：
2009-03-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Fackrell, Mark
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作者：
Fackrell, Mark
相型分布构成了一类非常通用的分布。它们已被用于广泛的随机建模应用领域，如电信，金融，生物统计学，药物动力学和生存分析。然而，到目前为止，它们在医疗保健行业建模系统中的应用有限。在本文中，我们介绍了相位型分布，给出了一个调查，他们已经在医疗保健行业中使用，并提出了一些想法，就如何可以进一步利用它们。
Phase-type distributions constitute a very versatile class of distributions. They have been used in a wide range of stochastic modelling applications in areas as diverse as telecommunications, finance, biostatistics, queueing theory, drug kinetics, and survival analysis. Their use in modelling systems in the healthcare industry, however, has so far been limited. In this paper we introduce phase-type distributions, give a survey of where they have been used in the healthcare industry, and propose some ideas on how they could be further utilized.