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[2] Franco, L. A., & Montibeller, G. (2010). Facilitated modelling in operational research. European Journal of Operational Research, 205(3), 489-400. Describes how working in a group with impartial facilitation can enhance the productivity of the group. [3] Lynd, L. D., & O'Brien, B. J. (2004). Advances in risk-benefit evaluation using probabilistic simulation methods: an application to the prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 57(795-803). An early example of how probabilistic simulation can deepen understanding of benefit-risk. [4] Phillips, L. D., Fasolo, B., Zafiropoulos, N., & Beyer, A. (2011). Is quantitative benefit-risk modelling of drugs desirable or possible? Drug Discovery Today: Technologies, doi:10.1016/jddtec.2011.03.001. Reports work carried out on the Benefit-Risk Project of the European Medicines Agency. [5] The EMA Benefit-Risk Project http://www.ema.europa.eu/ema/index.jsp?curl=pages/special_topics/document_listing/document_listing_000314.jsp&mid=WC0b01ac0580665b63 [6] The IMI PROTECT Project, Work Package 5, Benefit-Risk integration and Representation