Agent-based models of malaria transmission: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Much of the extensive research regarding transmission of malaria is underpinned by mathematical modelling. Compartmental models, which focus on interactions and transitions between population strata, have been a mainstay of such modelling for more than a century. However, modellers are increasingly adopting agent-based approaches, which model hosts, vectors and/or their interactions on an individual level. One reason for the increasing popularity of such models is their potential to provide enhanced realism by allowing system-level behaviours to emerge as a consequence of accumulated individual-level interactions, as occurs in real populations.

Methods

A systematic review of 90 articles published between 1998 and May 2018 was performed, characterizing agent-based

SUBMITTER: Smith NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6098619 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature