FRED (A Framework for Reconstructing Epidemic Dynamics): An open-source software system for modeling infectious diseases and control strategies using census-based populations

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Grefenstette, John J ^a   Brown, Shawn T ^b   Rosenfeld, Roni ^c   Depasse, Jay ^b   Stone, Nathan T B ^b   Cooley, Phillip C ^d   Wheaton, William D ^d   Fyshe, Alona ^c   Galloway, David D ^a   Sriram, Anuroop ^c   Guclu, Hasan ^a   Abraham, Thomas ^c   Burke, Donald S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Research Triangle Park ^*  (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Influenza modeling; Pandemic influenza; Simulator; Synthetic population

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CENSUSES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOFTWARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884992539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-940     Document Type: Article

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