Spontaneous social distancing in response to a simulated epidemic: A virtual experiment

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kleczkowski, Adam ^a   Maharaj, Savi ^a   Rasmussen, Susan ^b   Williams, Lynn ^c   Cairns, Nicole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Epidemics; Participatory simulation; Social distancing; Virtual experiment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMICS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EPIDEMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84942511270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2336-7     Document Type: Article

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