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WSC
2008
13 years 7 months ago
Infectious disease Control policy: A role for simulation
Control of infectious diseases is a key global health priority. This paper describes the role that simulation can play in evaluating policies for infectious disease control. We de...
Margaret L. Brandeau
WSC
2007
13 years 7 months ago
A public health application of data analysis for homeland security
This presentation follows up the talk last year to WINFORMS (The Washington Institute for Operations Research and The Management Sciences) in which an approach developed for the a...
Marjorie Greene, Robert Eek
TKDE
2010
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13 years 3 months ago
Prospective Infectious Disease Outbreak Detection Using Markov Switching Models
—Accurate and timely detection of infectious disease outbreaks provides valuable information which can enable public health officials to respond to major public health threats in...
Hsin-Min Lu, Daniel Zeng, Hsinchun Chen
SCFBM
2008
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13 years 4 months ago
Epigrass: a tool to study disease spread in complex networks
Background: The construction of complex spatial simulation models such as those used in network epidemiology, is a daunting task due to the large amount of data involved in their ...
Flávio C. Coelho, Oswaldo G. Cruz, Cl&aacut...
GECCO
2007
Springer
162views Optimization» more  GECCO 2007»
13 years 11 months ago
Using pair approximations to predict takeover dynamics in spatially structured populations
The topological properties of a network directly impact the flow of information through a system. For example, in natural populations, the network of inter-individual contacts aff...
Joshua L. Payne, Margaret J. Eppstein