Simulation of the spread of infectious diseases in a geographical environment

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 550-561

  Zhong, Shao Bo ^a   Huang, Quan Yi ^a   Song, Dun Jiang ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular automata; Geographic information systems; Infectious disease; Modeling; Spatial weighting function

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; DECISION-MAKING SUPPORTS; GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENTS; HUMAN INTERACTIONS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MODEL DYNAMICS; MODELING; POPULATION HETEROGENEITIES; SPATIAL WEIGHTING FUNCTION; THEORETICAL MODELS; TRANSFORMATION FORMULAS; TRANSITION RULES;

CELLULAR AUTOMATA; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; ROBOTS; TRANSLATION (LANGUAGES);

DISEASES;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HETEROGENEITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; THEORETICAL STUDY; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 67349114875     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0044-9     Document Type: Article

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