An object simulation model for modeling hypothetical disease epidemics - EpiFlex.

ABSTRACT:

Background

EpiFlex is a flexible, easy to use computer model for a single computer, intended to be operated by one user who need not be an expert. Its purpose is to study in-silico the epidemic behavior of a wide variety of diseases, both known and theoretical, by simulating their spread at the level of individuals contracting and infecting others. To understand the system fully, this paper must be read together in conjunction with study of the software and its results. EpiFlex is evaluated using results from modeling influenza A epidemics and comparing them with a variety of field data sources and other types of modeling. EpiFlex is an object-oriented Monte Carlo system, allocating entities to correspond to individuals, disease vectors, diseases, and the locations that hosts may i

SUBMITTER: Hanley B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1570461 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature