Close contact networks and the spread of infectious diseases

• Main Author: Lim Guan Kheng.
• Other Authors: Cheong Siew Ann
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Control and instrumentation::Medical electronics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/47718
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The spread of infectious diseases in urban cities is not well understood using classic epidemic models. For this reason an agent-based modeling approach is used to simulate sociological processes and study the close contact networks created given different social scenarios. In particular, the focus...