Brief introductory guide to agent-based modeling and an illustration from urban health research;Breve guia introdutório de modelagem baseada em agentes e uma ilustração a partir da pesquisa em saúde urbana;Breve guía introductoria de modelación basada en agentes y una ilustración a partir de la investigación en salud urbana

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 31, Issue , 2015, Pages S65-S78

  Auchincloss, Amy H ^a   Garcia, Leandro Martin Totaro ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Epidemiologic methods; Systems theory; Urban health

Indexed keywords

DIET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODEL; BRAZIL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH; HUMAN; STANDARDS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BRAZIL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84949255615     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0102-311X00051615     Document Type: Article

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