A Cellular Automaton Framework for Infectious Disease Spread Simulation
In this paper, a cellular automaton framework for processing the spatiotemporal spread of infectious diseases is presented. The developed environment simulates and visualizes how infectious diseases might spread, and hence provides a powerful instrument for health care organizations to generate dise...
Published in: | The Open Medical Informatics Journal |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Text |
Language: | English |
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Bentham Open
2008
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Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2666960 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19415136 https://doi.org/10.2174/1874431100802010070 |
Summary: | In this paper, a cellular automaton framework for processing the spatiotemporal spread of infectious diseases is presented. The developed environment simulates and visualizes how infectious diseases might spread, and hence provides a powerful instrument for health care organizations to generate disease prevention and contingency plans. In this study, the outbreak of an avian flu like virus was modeled in the state of Tyrol, and various scenarios such as quarantine, effect of different medications on viral spread and changes of social behavior were simulated. |
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