TY - GEN
T1 - Characteristics of a simulation model of the national kidney transplantation system
AU - Davis, Ashley
AU - Mehrotra, Sanjay
AU - Friedewald, John
AU - Ladner, Daniela
PY - 2013/12/1
Y1 - 2013/12/1
N2 - The United Network for Organ Sharing is planning to resolve the ever-growing geographic disparities in kidney transplantation. Currently available simulation techniques are limited in their ability to analyze the impact of policy changes at the system level. This paper discusses the development of a discrete event simulation of the kidney transplantation system, KSIM. KSIM design is discussed and can easily be adapted to test alternative geographic organ allocation policies. Input analysis employing actual transplantation system data was conducted to best represent patient and organ arrival processes. After discussing our model, we briefly describe how KSIM was verified and validated against twenty years of actual transplantation system information. We also describe the potential usability of KSIM in organ allocation policy development.
AB - The United Network for Organ Sharing is planning to resolve the ever-growing geographic disparities in kidney transplantation. Currently available simulation techniques are limited in their ability to analyze the impact of policy changes at the system level. This paper discusses the development of a discrete event simulation of the kidney transplantation system, KSIM. KSIM design is discussed and can easily be adapted to test alternative geographic organ allocation policies. Input analysis employing actual transplantation system data was conducted to best represent patient and organ arrival processes. After discussing our model, we briefly describe how KSIM was verified and validated against twenty years of actual transplantation system information. We also describe the potential usability of KSIM in organ allocation policy development.
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U2 - 10.1109/WSC.2013.6721607
DO - 10.1109/WSC.2013.6721607
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84894200427
SN - 9781479939503
T3 - Proceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference - Simulation: Making Decisions in a Complex World, WSC 2013
SP - 2320
EP - 2329
BT - Proceedings of the 2013 Winter Simulation Conference - Simulation
T2 - 2013 43rd Winter Simulation Conference - Simulation: Making Decisions in a Complex World, WSC 2013
Y2 - 8 December 2013 through 11 December 2013
ER -