A Novel Small-World Model: Using Social Mirror Identities for Epidemic Simulations

Simulation

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 671-699

  Huang, Chung Yuan ^a   Sun, Chuen Tsai ^a   Hsieh, ji Lung ^a   Chen, yi Ming Arthur ^b   Lin, Holin ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cellular automata; multiagent system; network based epidemic simulations; public health policy; small world network model; Social mirror identity

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; NETWORK-BASED EPIDEMIC SIMULATIONS; NOVEL SMALL-WORLD MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH POLICY; SOCIAL MIRROR IDENTITIES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 30744440365     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0037549705061519     Document Type: Article

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