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Simulating Alternative Tuberculosis Diagnosis Methods In Underdeveloped Countries, Luke Turner
Simulating Alternative Tuberculosis Diagnosis Methods In Underdeveloped Countries, Luke Turner
Industrial Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses
Tuberculosis is the deadliest infectious disease in the world; it is especially rampant in underdeveloped countries because they do not have the infrastructure, technology, or funding to properly combat the infection. However, the development of portable point-of-care diagnosis machines can reverse this epidemic as they far surpass conventional laboratory identification. The question now is where to place these machines, which is a difficult decision with a lack of data. Therefore, a flexible simulation model is created to test the implementation of these machines with different countries and configurations. The simulation tests the baseline model and three proposed implementations of the …