Agent-based modeling of the spread of influenza-like illness in an emergency department: A simulation study

IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 877-889

  Laskowski, Marek ^a   Demianyk, Bryan C P ^a   Witt, Julia ^a   Mukhi, Shamir N ^a,b   Friesen, Marcia R ^a   McLeod, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Canadian Network for Public Health Intelligence   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling (ABM); decision support; simulation

Indexed keywords

AGENT-BASED MODELING; COLLECTION OF AGENTS; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DECISION SUPPORTS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; DISEASE SPREAD; EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; FLEXIBLE TOOL; HEALTHCARE WORKERS; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LINUX- OPERATING SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MODELING APPLICATIONS; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION; ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES; PATIENT-ORIENTED; POLICY MAKERS; RELATIVE IMPACT; SIMULATION; SIMULATION STUDIES; SYSTEMS MODELING;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY ROOMS; PATIENT TREATMENT; VIRUSES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CANADA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 82155192187     PISSN: 10897771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITB.2011.2163414     Document Type: Article

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