Using Nova to construct agent-based models for epidemiological teaching and research

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn 2016-February, Issue , 2016, Pages 3490-3501

  Getz, Wayne M ^a   Salter, Richard M ^b   Sippl Swezey, Nicolas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OBERLIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DYNAMIC MODELS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TEACHING;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIC MODELING; EXPOSURE HISTORY; JAVASCRIPT LANGUAGE; TEACHING AND RESEARCHES; TRANSMISSION CHAINS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 84962860978     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2015.7408509     Document Type: Conference Paper

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