[Population Modeling] Population Modelling by Examples II

[Tracy Comans]

Hi Sixten and all,

Great ideas.

Here is my bit for the table Robert

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On 9 May 2016 at 23:33, SIXTEN BORG <sixten.borg at med.lu.se> wrote:

> Hi Valerie, all,
>
>
>
> I think your edits make very good sense. Regarding the category "resource
> planning" -  I usually describe this as "resource allocation" although I do
> like resouce planning too since it gives you a feeling of planning ahead
> whereas resource allocation is perhaps not as forward looking? Anyway I
> suggest we pick a category name that most people belonging there feel
> comfortable with (currently listed: Santos, Borg, Asche, Ma, Forbes, Comans)
>
>
>
> I seem to find that Yifei Ma's work could belong to the category Disease
> spread. Santos model population growth which would be central in resource
> planning, I agree. The work of Borg, Asche, Coman seem relatively applied
> (and close to descisions on how to organized care) whereas Ma's description
> appear to start out theoretically but then seems applied in modelling US
> influenza scenarios.
>
> How about organizing the text/listing of people and their work according
> to categories like you suggest Valerie (these being the most pronounced
> category of each person's work), and then we could have a table with {the
> people} x {the categories} where more than one category could be checked
> for each individual person's work? E.g. I might argue my work also slightly
> belong to the category predicting drug effects but not at all as pronounced
> as the category resource planning (or possibly resource allocation).
>
>
>
> In case anyone likes the idea, I drafted a table like that (attached). I
> added a column with a brief summary of methods (myself as an example). This
> table is an attempt to do what the first reviewer asked for -
> directions/guiding principles. Any comments?
>
>
>
> Kind regards
>
> Sixten
>
>
>
> *Från:* PopModWkGrpIMAG-news [mailto:
> popmodwkgrpimag-news-bounces at simtk.org] *För *Valery Forbes
> *Skickat:* den 8 maj 2016 23:34
> *Till:* Robert Smith?
> *Kopia:* popmodwkgrpimag-news at simtk.org
> *Ämne:* Re: [Population Modeling] Population Modelling by Examples II
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>
> Hi Robert and All,
>
>
>
> Please see my comments on the attached. It seems to me that the
> contributions group according to several general themes (see my sticky
> notes), so possibly reordering them and grouping them under the themes may
> address the reviewer concerns. It also might make the structure a bit more
> logical. Just a thought.
>
>
>
> Many thanks for your efforts on this.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
>
> Valery
>
>
> Valery E. Forbes
>
> Dean, College of Biological Sciences
>
> University of Minnesota
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> 1475 Gortner Ave
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> T: 612-624-2244
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> E: veforbes at umn.edu
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>
> On Sat, May 7, 2016 at 12:25 AM, Robert Smith? <rsmith43 at uottawa.ca>
> wrote:
>
> This is to everyone involved in the overview paper on population modelling
> by examples.
>
> Time is short for the review process. We have a week to restructure the
> paper according to the comments of the two reviewers.
>
> I'm happy to take the lead, but I can't do it all on my own. I'm
> particularly looking for some help with addressing the comments from Review
> #1. So I need some volunteers to help.
>
> I also don't have the email addresses of most of you, so please email me
> at rsmith43 at uottawa.ca and we can divvy up the work. I'm an excellent
> editor, so your inputs can be rough, but I need some ideas. With so many of
> us, we should be able to put our heads together, but I do need help.
>
> Thanks,
>
>  - Robert Smith?
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