Ayvaci, Mehmet U. S.; Alagoz, Oguzhan; Burnside, … - In: Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 14 (2012) 4, pp. 600-617
We develop a finite-horizon discrete-time constrained Markov decision process (MDP) to model diagnostic decisions after mammography where we maximize the total expected quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) of a patient under resource constraints. We use clinical data to estimate the parameters of...