Understanding the Impact of Face Mask Usage Through Epidemic Simulation of Large Social Networks

Intelligent Systems Reference Library

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-115

  Mniszewski, Susan M ^a   Del Valle, Sara Y ^a   Priedhorsky, Reid ^a   Hyman, James M ^b   Hickman, Kyle S ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84886738892     PISSN: 18684394     EISSN: 18684408     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-39149-1_8     Document Type: Article

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