Methods for modelling complex interactions between patients and carers in dementia management

Authors:
Victor Vickland
Affiliations:
University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2010 Conference on Grand Challenges in Modeling & Simulation
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Collaboration between clinicians and a team that builds computer models was enhanced by introducing concept maps (CM). Concept maps are now being used to document the characteristics of virtual patients and the environment in which they live. We were able to eliminate the need for a formal representation of the blueprint for the model's design with traditional software development tools such as UML by adopting concept maps as an intermediate repository of information. The benefits of this approach are primarily in the ease of use, flexibility in making necessary modifications and intuitive acceptance of such maps by clinicians. At the same time concept maps have sufficient formalism to allow conversion to state diagrams, activity charts and sequence diagrams which are required during model development and during software implementation.