The model will be populated using parameters identified from the literature such as rates of transmission, opportunistic infection and complications.
A Markov decision tree model was constructed and populated with parameter estimates for implant and denture failure as well as patient-centred health outcomes as available from recent literature.
The expected value of collecting further data to populate model parameters was estimated using expected value of perfect information analysis [ 19, 20] with a focus on identifying which parameters should be targeted in any further research [ 21].
That said, I still wouldn't be surprised if Facebook allows other location services such as Foursquare and Gowalla to populate location parameters through Facebook Connect or the newer OpenGraph APIs.
A key strength of this study is the high quality and comprehensive nature of the data used to populate model parameters.
15 The base-case scenario was populated with the parameters presented in Table 1.
A fourth limitation is the lack of published data on duration of intervention effect, meaning that expert elicitation had to be sought to populate this parameter.
Assumptions are necessary when constructing a model and uncertainties are introduced at various stages, for example, multiple sources of key parameters to populate the model (parameter uncertainty), and the choice of health states (structural uncertainty).
In general, the entire range of orientations is predicted to be populated for each parameter combination, but there are distinct peaks in the histograms, indicating that separate classes exist into which the most probable orientations fall.
Moreover, it stipulated that states ensured higher allocation to 264 high-focus districts which include districts with poor health parameters, are populated by scheduled caste and scheduled tribe population, and are left wing extremism-affected, giving a weightage of 1.3 to the high-focus districts and 1.0 to the others (12).
