A participatory simulation model for studying attitudes to infection risk

Proceedings of the 2011 Summer Computer Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 8-13

  Maharaj, Savi ^a   McCaldin, Tamsin ^a   Kleczkowski, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Human behaviour; NetLogo; Participatory simulation; SIR epidemic model

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED SIMULATION; HUMAN BEHAVIOURS; NETLOGO; PARTICIPATORY SIMULATIONS; SIR EPIDEMIC MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84869818739     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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