A generic open-source software framework supporting scenario simulations in bioterrorist crises

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Falenski, Alexander ^a   Filter, Matthias ^a   Thöns, Christian ^a   Weiser, Armin A ^a   Wigger, Jan Frederik ^a   Davis, Matthew ^d   Douglas, Judith V ^d   Edlund, Stefan ^e   Hu, Kun ^e   Kaufman, James H ^d   Appel, Bernd ^b   Käsbohrer, Annemarie ^c  

^a Department of Biological Safety   (United States)

^b Department Biological Safety ^*  (United States)

^c Head of Unit Epidemiology and Zoonoses   (United States)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^e IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIOTERRORISM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOFTWARE; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883229618     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2012.0071     Document Type: Article

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