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- Title
Rule-based modeling of chronic disease epidemiology: elderly depression as an illustration.
- Authors
Chiêm, Jean-Christophe; Macq, Jean; Speybroeck, Niko
- Abstract
Rule-based Modeling (RBM) is a computer simulation modeling methodology already used to model infectious diseases. Extending this technique to the assessment of chronic diseases, mixing quantitative and qualitative data appear to be a promising alternative to classical methods. Elderly depression reveals an important source of comorbidities. Yet, the intertwined relationship between late-life events and the social support of the elderly person remains difficult to capture. We illustrate the usefulness of RBM in modeling chronic diseases using the example of elderly depression in Belgium.
- Publication
PloS one, 2012, Vol 7, Issue 8, pe41452
- ISSN
1932-6203
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0041452