We have supported some existing modellers to make their DES more reproducible and reusable.
Devon Air Ambulance Discrete Event Simulation
In progress - watch this space!
Hybrid Simulation Modelling for Orthopaedics
The model is available at:
Matthew Howells
, Paul Harper
It combines:
- A system dynamics model used to model patient deterioration while waiting for a GP referral to primary care.
- A DES model used to model the patient journey through an orthopaedic department.
It is summarised in the poster “Clinical Pathway Modelling of a Trauma and Orthopaedics Department” from the OR Society’s 12th Simulation Workshop (SW25) conference
Our involvement was to complete a review of the model repository, providing the review as a GitHub issue (and an accompanying pull request). The review was structured into:
- A review summary.
- Feedback from running the code (e.g., dependency management, code troubleshooting).
- Evaluation against the STARS framework for model reuse.
- Evaluation against the STARS reproducibility recommendations.
For example, a snapshot from the review:
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