Underwood, Daniel; Zhang, Jingyu; Denton, Brian; Shah, Nilay - In: Health Care Management Science 15 (2012) 4, pp. 293-309
We describe a simulation optimization method to design PSA screening policies based on expected quality adjusted life years (QALYs). Our method integrates a simulation model in a genetic algorithm which uses a probabilistic method for selection of the best policy. We present computational...