Evaluation of containment and mitigation strategies for an influenza A pandemic in China

SIMULATION

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 407-416

  Weng, Wenguo ^a   Ni, Shunjiang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

agent based model; containment and mitigation strategies; meta population model; Pandemic influenza; public health

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; DISEASE CONTROL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; VIRUSES;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; INTERVENTION STRATEGY; MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA; POPULATION MODEL;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 84930586332     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: 17413133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0037549715581637     Document Type: Article

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