Optimization Modeling in Health Care

3 credits · College of Engineering catalogue

Advisory Prerequisite: IOE 265 and IOE 310 or equivalent. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) Introduction to optimization modeling in health care. Linear and integer programming models are developed for problems in health and medicine. Problems considered may include breast cancer diagnosis, radiotherapy treatment planning, fracture fixation planning and others as selected by the instructor. Emphasis is placed on model formulation, verification, validation and uncertainty quantification.