A Taxonomy for Agent-Based Models in Human Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Elizabeth Hunter (), Brian Mac Namee () and John D. Kelleher ()
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Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2017, vol. 20, issue 3, 2

Abstract: Agent-based simulation modelling has been used in many epidemiological studies on infectious diseases. However, because agent based modelling is a field without any clear protocol for developing simulations the researcher is given a high amount of flexibility. This flexibility has led to many different forms of agent-based epidemiological simulations. In this paper we review the existing literature on agent-based epidemiological simulation models. From our literature review we identify key similarities and differences in the exisiting simulations. We then use these similarities and differences to create a taxonomy of agent-based epidemiological models and show how the taxonomy can be used.

Keywords: Agent-Based; Epidemiology; Infectious Disease; Simulation; Model; Taxonomy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017-06-30
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