1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449980003321

Titolo

Improving access and use of psychotropic medicines [[electronic resource] ] : mental health policy and service guidance package

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Geneva, : World Health Organization, 2004

ISBN

1-280-08856-7

9786610088560

1-4175-4657-3

92-4-068071-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (74 p.)

Disciplina

616.8527061

Soggetti

Psychotropic drugs - Supply and demand

Mental illness - Chemotherapy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Executive summary; 1. Introduction; 2. Improving access to psychotropics; 3. Promoting appropriate use of psychotropics; 4. Assessing a psychotropic access system; 5. A seven-step approach to improving access to psychotropics; Annex 1. Examples of treatment for disorders, including their pharmacological effectiveness; References

Sommario/riassunto

This module provides practical guidance on how to improve access to psychotropic drugs and promote their effective use. Issues such as the rational selection of drugs, affordability, sustainable financing and the availability of reliable health and supply systems are discussed in order to demonstrate practical ways to promote access. A number of educational, managerial and regulatory strategies to promote the effective use of psychotropic medicines are also highlighted.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910139246303321

Autore

Solnon Christine

Titolo

Ant colony optimization and constraint programming [[electronic resource] /] / Christine Solnon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : ISTE

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2010

ISBN

1-118-55756-5

1-299-31543-7

1-118-61966-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

ISTE

Disciplina

005.1/16

Soggetti

Constraint programming (Computer science)

Mathematical optimization

Swarm intelligence

Ant algorithms

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-230) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Constraint programming -- pt. 2. Ant colony optimization -- pt. 3. CP with ACO.

Sommario/riassunto

Ant colony optimization is a metaheuristic which has been successfully applied to a wide range of combinatorial optimization problems. The author describes this metaheuristic and studies its efficiency for solving some hard combinatorial problems, with a specific focus on constraint programming. The text is organized into three parts. The first part introduces constraint programming, which provides high level features to declaratively model problems by means of constraints. It describes the main existing approaches for solving constraint satisfaction problems, including complete tree search