Development of a Patient-Level Multi-objective Optimisation Model for Screening Strategies for Childhood Type 1

Gonçalo Leiria1, R Brett McQueen2, Conner Jackson2

  • 1Department of Computer Science, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.

Pharmacoeconomics
|February 9, 2026
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