An approach to decision-making that involves modelling the sequences or pathways of multiple possible strategies to determine which strategy is optimal. It is based upon available estimates, from the literature or from experts, of the probabilities that certain events and outcomes will occur and the values of the outcomes that would result from each strategy.
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