Ontology based modeling of pandemic simulation scenarios

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 129, Issue , 2007, Pages 755-759

  Eriksson, Henrik ^a   Morin, Magnus ^b   Jenvald, Johan ^b   Gursky, Elin ^c   Holm, Einar ^d   Timpka, Toomas ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VSL Research Labs   (Sweden)

^c ANSER   (United States)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

epidemiological simulations; influenza; ontologies; public health informatics

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; COMPUTER BASED SIMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SIMULATIONS; INFLUENZA; ONTOLOGY BASED MODELING; ONTOLOGY-BASED REPRESENTATION; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SCENARIO MODELING;

ONTOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; MEDICAL INFORMATICS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 38449084479     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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