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Bio War: Scalable Agent-Based Model of Bioattacks.

Authors :
Carley, Kathleen M.
Fridsma, Douglas B.
Casman, Elizabeth
Yahja, Alex
Altman, Neal
Li-Chiou Chen
Kaminsky, Boris
Nave, Démian
Source :
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man & Cybernetics: Part A. Mar2006, Vol. 36 Issue 2, p252-265. 14p. 1 Black and White Photograph, 3 Diagrams, 8 Charts, 4 Graphs.
Publication Year :
2006

Abstract

While structured by social and institutional networks, disease outbreaks are modulated by physical, economical, technological, communication, health, and governmental infrastructures. To systematically reason about the nature of outbreaks, the potential outcomes of media, prophylaxis, and vaccination campaigns, and the relative value of various early warning devices, social context, and infrastructure, must be considered. Numerical models provide a cost-effective ethical system for reasoning about such events. BioWar, a scalable citywide multiagent network numerical model, is described in this paper. BioWar simulates individuals as agents who are embedded in social, health, and professional networks and tracks the incidence of background and maliciously introduced diseases. In addition to epidemioiogy, BioWar simulates health-care-seeking behaviors, absenteeism patterns, and pharmaceutical purchases, information useful for syndromic and behavioral surveillance algorithms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10834427
Volume :
36
Issue :
2
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man & Cybernetics: Part A
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
20414379
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMCA.2005.851291