Parallel simulation of the global epidemiology of avian influenza

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1583-1591

  Rao, Dhananjai M ^a   Chernyakhovsky, Alexander ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mason High School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZAS; DESIGN ALTERNATIVES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED SIMULATIONS; PARALLEL SIMULATIONS; PARALLELIZATION; TIME LINES; TIME WARPS;

EID: 60749127832     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2008.4736241     Document Type: Conference Paper

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