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Table 2 Twenty eight methods identified for the selection tool

From: Development of modelling method selection tool for health services management: From problem structuring methods to modelling and simulation methods

Categories

No.

Methods

Problem Structuring Methods

1

Drama Theory & Confrontation Analysis

 

2

Robustness Analysis

 

3

Soft Systems Methodology

 

4

Strategic Choice Approach

 

5

Strategic Options Development and Analysis

Conceptual Modelling Methods

6

Activity Diagrams

 

7

Communication Diagrams

 

8

Data Flow Diagrams

 

9

Influence Diagrams

 

10

Information Diagrams

 

11

Issue Maps

 

12

State Transition Diagrams

 

13

Swim Lane Activity Diagrams

Mathematical Modelling Methods

14

Decision Trees

 

15

Markov Modelling

 

16

Multivariate Analysis

 

17

Optimisation Methods

 

18

Petri Nets

 

19

Queuing Theory

 

20

Survival Analysis

Simulation Methods

21

Agent Based Simulation

 

22

Discrete Event Simulation

 

23

Gaming Simulation

 

24

Hybrid Simulation

 

25

Inverse Simulation

 

26

Monte Carlo Simulation

 

27

Real Time Simulation

 

28

System Dynamics