Simulating pandemic influenza risks of US cities

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1548-1550

  Dibble, Catherine ^a   Wendel, Stephen ^a   Carle, Kristofor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPERCOMPUTERS;

AGENT BASED MODELLING; COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PARAMETER UNCERTAINTIES; SPATIAL AGENT; STOCHASTIC BEHAVIOR; TERAGRID;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 49749107584     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2007.4419770     Document Type: Conference Paper

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