Human mobility and population heterogeneity in the spread of an epidemic

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2237-2244

  Merler, S ^a   Ajelli, M ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Epidemics; Transportation networks

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; TEACHING;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; ANTIVIRAL TREATMENTS; EPIDEMICS; POPULATION HETEROGENEITY; QUANTITATIVE MEASURES; RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELS; TRANSPORTATION NETWORK;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 78650271085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770509     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2010.04.250     Document Type: Conference Paper

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