A Computational Approach to Characterizing the Impact of Social Influence on Individuals' Vaccination Decision Making

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Xia, Shang ^a   Liu, Jiming ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; STEADY STATE; VACCINATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; INFLUENZA VACCINES; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VACCINATION;

EID: 84876046316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060373     Document Type: Article

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