A simple agent model of an epidemic

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 397-417

  Gordon, Theodore J ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemic; General purpose forecasting; Infection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DISEASES; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

POPULATION;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EPIDEMIC; FORECASTING METHOD; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MODELING;

EID: 0037800322     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1625(02)00323-2     Document Type: Article

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