DocumentCode :
837472
Title :
BioWar: scalable agent-based model of bioattacks
Author :
Carley, Kathleen M. ; Fridsma, Douglas B. ; Casman, Elizabeth ; Yahja, Alex ; Altman, Neal ; Chen, Li-Chiou ; Kaminsky, Boris ; Nave, Démian
Author_Institution :
Center for Comput. Anal. of Social & Organizational Syst., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Volume :
36
Issue :
2
fYear :
2006
fDate :
3/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
252
Lastpage :
265
Abstract :
While structured by social and institutional networks, disease outbreaks are modulated by physical, economical, technological, communication, health, and governmental infrastructures. To systematically reason about the nature of outbreaks, the potential outcomes of media, prophylaxis, and vaccination campaigns, and the relative value of various early warning devices, social context, and infrastructure, must be considered. Numerical models provide a cost-effective ethical system for reasoning about such events. BioWar, a scalable citywide multiagent network numerical model, is described in this paper. BioWar simulates individuals as agents who are embedded in social, health, and professional networks and tracks the incidence of background and maliciously introduced diseases. In addition to epidemiology, BioWar simulates health-care-seeking behaviors, absenteeism patterns, and pharmaceutical purchases, information useful for syndromic and behavioral surveillance algorithms.
Keywords :
biohazards; diseases; multi-agent systems; terrorism; BioWar scalable citywide multiagent network numerical model; absenteeism patterns; cost-effective ethical system; disease outbreaks; early warning devices; health-care-seeking behavior simulation; media campaign; pharmaceutical purchases; prophylaxis campaign; scalable bioattack agent-based model; social context; vaccination campaign; Communications technology; Context; Costs; Diseases; Helium; Large-scale systems; Numerical models; Pharmaceuticals; Social network services; Surveillance; Bioterrorism; multiagent network; social network; syndromic and behavioral surveillance;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1083-4427
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TSMCA.2005.851291
Filename :
1597399
Link To Document :
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