Simulating SARS: Small-world epidemiological modeling and public health policy assessments

JASSS

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Huang, Chung Yuan ^a   Sun, Chuen Tsai ^a   Hsieh, Ji Lung ^a   Lin, Holin ^a  

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Author keywords

Cellular Automata; Epidemiological Model; Mirror Identity; Public Health Policy; SARS; Small World Network

Indexed keywords

EID: 8844253254     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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