https://github.com/hsma-programme/hsma6_des_book
A book summarising the content of the DES module in the HSMA programme and covering additional concepts that wouldn't fit in the course
https://github.com/hsma-programme/hsma6_des_book
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A book summarising the content of the DES module in the HSMA programme and covering additional concepts that wouldn't fit in the course
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/hsma-programme/hsma6_des_book
- Owner: hsma-programme
- License: other
- Created: 2024-03-26T15:29:02.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-02-20T11:58:00.000Z (2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-20T12:34:14.763Z (2 months ago)
- Topics: discrete-event-simulation, learn-to-code, simpy
- Language: HTML
- Homepage: https://des.hsma.co.uk
- Size: 43.9 MB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 49
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- Citation: CITATION.cff
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README
HSMA - the little book of DES
An introduction to writing discrete event simulation models for healthcare (and beyond) using the SimPy package in Python.
> 🔨 **Work in progress**.
## Introduction
This book accompanies the discrete event simulation module of the [Health Service Modelling Associates (HSMA) Programme](https://sites.google.com/nihr.ac.uk/hsma/introduction-to-hsma) and is intended to act as a reference manual for the three HSMA sessions on this topic, but also covers a range of additional concepts to enhance models.
While the focus and examples are primarily healthcare-related, the concepts in this book can be applied to a wide range of models.
The book can be viewed [here](https://hsma-programme.github.io/hsma6_des_book/).
## Contributing and sharing feedback
Please open an [issue](https://github.com/hsma-programme/hsma6_des_book/issues) if you spot an error or have suggestions for improvements or additional chapters.
## Viewing the book locally
The book is available [online](https://hsma-programme.github.io/hsma6_des_book/). To build it locally, you will need to:
1. Clone this repository.
2. Ensure you have at least **Quarto 1.5**.
3. Create the virtual environment as in `requirements.txt`.
4. Run `quarto render`.
## Citation and acknowledgements
Please cite this book as:
> [Dan Chalk](https://github.com/hsma-chief-elf) [](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4165-4364), [Sammi Rosser](https://github.com/Bergam0t) [](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9552-8988), and [Amy Heather](https://github.com/amyheather) [](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6596-3479). **HSMA - the little book of DES**. .
A `CITATION.cff` file is also provided.
The book content is a mixture of HSMA lectures by by [Dr Daniel Chalk](https://github.com/hsma-chief-elf) [](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4165-4364) which have been converted into book format by [Sammi Rosser](https://github.com/Bergam0t) [](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9552-8988), as well as new content written for this book mostly by [Sammi Rosser](https://github.com/Bergam0t) [](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9552-8988), with a few pages also by [Amy Heather](https://github.com/amyheather) [](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6596-3479). The book also draws on a range of work done by other members of the PenCHORD team, including: [Tom Monks](https://github.com/TomMonks) [](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2631-4481), [Mike Allen](https://github.com/MichaelAllen1966) [](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8746-9957), and [Anna Laws](https://github.com/aselaws) [](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2145-0487).