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Modeling and simulation in the medical and health sciences / edited by John A. Sokolowski, Catherine M. Banks.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical education--Computer simulation.
- Medical education.
- Computer simulation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This edited book is divided into three parts: Fundamentals of Medical and Health Sciences Modeling and Simulation introduces modeling and simulation in the medical and health sciences; Medical and Health Sciences Models provides the theoretical underpinnings of medical and health sciences modeling; and Modeling and Simulation Applications in Medical and Health Sciences focuses on teaching, training, and research applications. The book begins with a general discussion of modeling and simulation from the modeling and simulation discipline perspective. This discussion grounds the reader in commo
- Contents:
- MODELING AND SIMULATION IN THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; PART ONE FUNDAMENTALS OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES MODELING AND SIMULATION; 1 Introduction to Modeling and Simulation in the Medical and Health Sciences; 2 The Practice of Modeling and Simulation: Tools of the Trade; PART TWO MODELING FOR THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; 3 Mathematical Models of Tumor Growth andWound Healing; 4 Physical Modeling; PART THREE MODELING AND SIMULATION APPLICATIONS; 5 Humans as Models; 6 Modeling the Human System; 7 Robotics; 8 Training; 9 Patient Care
- 10 Future of Modeling and Simulation in the Medical and Health SciencesAppendix Modeling Human Behavior, Modeling Human Systems: Addressing the Skepticism, Responding to the Reservations; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613026071
- 9781283026079
- 1283026074
- 9781118003190
- 1118003195
- 9781118003183
- 1118003187
- 9781118003206
- 1118003209
- OCLC:
- 705355147
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