Teaching through Simulation: Epidemic Dynamics and Public Health Policies

Simulation

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 731-759

  Hsieh, ji Lung ^a   Sun, Chuen Tsai ^a   Kao, Gloria Yi Ming ^a   Huang, Chung Yuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

epidemiological model; Learning through simulation; public health policy; small world network

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC POLICY; TEACHING;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SIMULATION SYSTEM; SOCIAL MIRROR IDENTITY MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 33847328788     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0037549706074487     Document Type: Article

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