NOSOSIM: An agent-based model of pathogen circulation in a hospital ward

Spring Simulation Multiconference 2009 - Co-located with the 2009 SISO Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Temime, Laura ^a   Pannet, Yohan ^a   Kardas, Lidia ^a   Opatowski, Lulla ^b   Guillemot, Didier ^b   Boelle, Pierre Yves ^c  

^a University of Paris Cité   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Epidemiology; Hospital; MRSA; Nosocomial infections; VRE

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS;

AGENT-BASED MODEL; CONTROL STRATEGIES; HEALTH CARE WORKERS; MRSA; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION; NOSOCOMIAL PATHOGENS; SIMULATION PARAMETERS; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT;

PATHOGENS;

EID: 85017091900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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