PastoralScape: An Environment-Driven Model of Vaccination Decision Making Within Pastoralist Groups in East Africa

Matthew Sottile (), Richard Iles (), Craig McConnel (), Ofer Amram () and Eric Lofgren ()
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Matthew Sottile: http://www.math.wsu.edu/faculty/msottile/
Richard Iles: https://federation.edu.au/schools/federation-business-school/staff-profiles/academic/iles_richard
Craig McConnel: https://vcs.vetmed.wsu.edu/people/faculty/profile/craig-mcconnel
Ofer Amram: https://chaselab.net/
Eric Lofgren: https://globalhealth.wsu.edu/team/faculty/eric-lofgren

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2021, vol. 24, issue 4, 11

Abstract: Economic and cultural resilience among pastoralists in East Africa is threatened by the interconnected forces of climate change, contagious diseases spread and evolving national and international trade. A key factor in the resilience of livestock that communities depend on is human decision making regarding vaccination against prevalent diseases such as Rift Valley fever and Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia. This paper describes an agent-based model that couples models of disease propagation, animal health, human decision making, and external GIS data sources capturing measures of foraging condition. We describe the design of the sub-models, their coupling, and demonstrate the sensitivity of the model to parameters that relate to controllable factors such as government and NGO information sources that can influence human decision making patterns. This model is intended to form the basis upon which richer economic and human factor models can be built.

Keywords: Agent-Based Model; Random Field Ising Model; Livestock Health; Rift Valley Fever; Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia; Economic Decision Making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-10-31
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