Journal of Mathematical Sciences: Advances and ApplicationsAuthor's: Igor Balsim and Elie Feder
Pages: [61] - [72]
Received Date: November 14, 2008
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In order to improve upon self-detection of medical errors, a medical network is represented as a directed tree graph. For each practitioner in the network and every potential error, a utility function is assigned in order to estimate the management risk involved in delaying the check of that error. Using this utility function, efficient algorithms are designed for checking all the practitioners of a network in a manner which minimizes the total utility cost of errors. Methods and principles from game theory and linear programming are utilized in the algorithm design.
game theory, algorithm, efficient, medical, errors, physicians.
