Gaming to predict human responses to mass casualty events an approach for quick look tools for pandemic influenza

Proceedings - 12th IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, CSE 2009

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages 1194-1198

  Brigantic, Robert T ^a   Muller, George A ^a   Taylor, Aimee E ^a   Papatyi, Anthony F ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Mass casualty; Pandemic influenza; Quick look tools; Social behavior

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODELING; GAME-LIKE INTERFACE; HUMAN RESPONSE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MAN-MADE DISASTERS; MASS CASUALTY; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE;

SIMULATORS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 70849095291     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CSE.2009.388     Document Type: Conference Paper

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