Data analysis for understanding social networks in Singapore

• Main Author: Liauw, Siew Guek.
• Other Authors: Xiao Gaoxi
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer applications::Social and behavioral sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45973
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

There is growing theoretical literature on how social networks may affect the spread of directly transmissible infectious diseases. Hence, gaining knowledge of social contact patterns is fundamental to designing effective control strategies for communicable diseases, ranging from a flu pandemic to t...