Publication Date:
2009-08-08
Description:
Agent-based computational models can capture irrational behaviour, complex social networks and global scale--all essential in confronting H1N1, says Joshua M. Epstein.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3785367/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3785367/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Epstein, Joshua M -- DP1 OD003874/OD/NIH HHS/ -- U54 GM088491/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2009 Aug 6;460(7256):687. doi: 10.1038/460687a.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Center on Social and Economic Dynamics at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington DC 20036, USA. jepstein@brookings.edu〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19661897" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Absenteeism
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*Computer Simulation
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Disease Outbreaks/*prevention & control/statistics & numerical data
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Disease Progression
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Fear
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Humans
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*Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype
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Influenza Vaccines/administration & dosage
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Influenza, Human/*epidemiology/*prevention & control/psychology/transmission
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*Models, Biological
Print ISSN:
0028-0836
Electronic ISSN:
1476-4687
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics