Modelling to contain pandemics
By Joshua M. Epstein. Nature, 2009
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Agent-based computational models can capture irrational behaviour, complex social networks and global scale--all essential in confronting H1N1, says Joshua M. Epstein.
Subfields: Modeling and Simulation
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- Psychometric Validation of the Bangla Fear of COVID-19 Scale: Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Rasch Analysis (2020, background): “Additionally, fear itself can be contagious as was demonstrated in 1994 when hundreds of thousands of people fled the Indian city of Surat to escape pneumonic plague, even though no cases had been confirmed based on the World Health Organization criteria (Epstein 2009 ).”
- How simulation modelling can help reduce the impact of COVID-19 (2020, background): “In an opinion piece, Epstein (2009) suggests that ABM is appropriate for modelling pandemics.”
- Separating Fact from Fear: Tracking Flu Infections on Twitter (2013, background): “Identifying awareness tweets may be of use in-and-of itself, such as for characterizing fear of illness (Epstein et al., 2008; Epstein, 2009), public perception, and discerning sentiment (e.g. flu is negative, flu shots may be positive.)”
- Systems Science Methods in Public Health (2012, neutral): “Agent-based (and hybrid system dynamic/ agent-based) modeling is currently at the forefront of the modern science of infectious disease (44), with its ability to address the complex interplay between individual behavior and social connections on a large scale.”
- Everything you need to know about agent-based modelling and simulation (2016, methodology): “There is much promise for what agent-based modelling can accomplish, with many reasons to believe that it will realize its potential in addressing the tangible, immediate questions that decision-makers are actually concerned about (eg, Epstein, 2009; Farmer and Foley, 2009; Nature, 2009).”
- Agent-Based Modeling in Public Health: Current Applications and Future Directions (2018, neutral): “For additional reading, we direct the reader to commentaries (1, 24, 25, 27, 31, 41) and systematic reviews of agent-based modeling in public health (84, 95) as well as tutorials on agent-based modeling (42, 72, 88).”
- A Third Wave in the Economics of Climate Change (2015, background): “2007; Epstein 2002), pandemics (Halloran et al. 2008; Germann et al. 2006; Epstein 2009), urban planning (Brown and Robinson 2006; Ligtenberg et al.”