DocumentCode
65014
Title
Heterogeneous and Stochastic Agent-Based Models for Analyzing Infectious Diseases´ Super Spreaders
Author
Wei Duan ; Xiaogang Qiu ; Zhidong Cao ; Xiaolong Zheng ; Kainan Cui
Author_Institution
Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China
Volume
28
Issue
4
fYear
2013
fDate
July-Aug. 2013
Firstpage
18
Lastpage
25
Abstract
The detection of super-spreading events in infectious disease is crucial for public health emergency response. Here, heterogeneous and stochastic agent-based models explore the mechanism of super-spreading events.
Keywords
diseases; emergency services; stochastic processes; heterogeneous agent-based models; infectious diseases superspreader analysis; public health emergency response; stochastic agent-based models; super-spreading event detection; Computational modeling; Diseases; Emergency services; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Medical services; Pathogens; Stochastic processes; Computational modeling; Humans; Load modeling; Mathematical model; Pathogens; Stochastic processes; agent-based simulation; epidemiological models; public health emergency management; social networks;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Intelligent Systems, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1541-1672
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MIS.2013.29
Filename
6468033
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