Systems Modeling of Behavior Change: Two Illustrations from Optimized Interventions for Improved Health Outcomes

Here, we illustrate how systems and computational modeling approaches can impact behavior change and optimize interventions for health involving behavioral outcomes with two examples. The first, in “Using Sensor Data and Model Inference to Tailor Home Health Interventions for the Elderly,” is an example of integrating health behavior change variables with computational inference about behaviors and health states for tailoring interventions. The second, “Dynamical Systems Modeling of a Gestational Weight Gain Intervention,” demonstrates how behavioral theories from psychology come into play in developing a comprehensive dynamical model for an intervention to manage gestational weight gain.