Synthesis of a high resolution social contact network for Delhi with application to pandemic planning

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 113-130

  Xia, Huadong ^a   Nagaraj, Kalyani ^a   Chen, Jiangzhuo ^a   Marathe, Madhav V ^a  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Imputation techniques; Iterative proportional fitting; Labeled graphlets; Networked epidemiology; Pandemic response; Synthetic population; Targeted layered containment

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ITERATIVE METHODS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVEYS; URBAN PLANNING;

GRAPHLETS; IMPUTATION TECHNIQUES; ITERATIVE PROPORTIONAL FITTING; PANDEMIC RESPONSE; SYNTHETIC POPULATIONS; TARGETED-LAYERED CONTAINMENT;

TIME VARYING NETWORKS;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; INFLUENZA; PANDEMIC; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL NETWORK; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; DISASTER PLANNING; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; INDIA; PANDEMICS;

EID: 84943583076     PISSN: 09333657     EISSN: 18732860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.artmed.2015.06.003     Document Type: Article

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