An open-data-driven agent-based model to simulate infectious disease outbreaks.

ABSTRACT: Agent-based models are a tool that can be used to better understand the dynamics of an infectious disease outbreak. An infectious disease outbreak is influenced by many factors including vaccination or immunity levels, population density, and the age structure of the population. We hypothesize that these factors along with interactions of factors and the actions of individuals would lead to outbreaks of different size and severity even in two towns that appear similar on paper. Thus, it is necessary to implement a model that is able to capture these interactions and the actions of individuals. Using openly available data we create a data-driven agent-based model to simulate the spread of an airborne infectious disease in an Irish town. Agent-based models have been known to produce results

SUBMITTER: Hunter E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6300276 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature