An epidemic aggregate and individual-based model in a patchy environment

The spatial heterogeneity of susceptible-infected-recovered type of compartmental models are commonly expressed in ordinary differential equation based patchy models, in which all individuals are regarded as having the same type of epidemiological profile and demographic characteristics. However, th...

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Main Authors: Phang, Piau, Ang, Kean Siang, Jane, Labadin
Format: Proceeding
Language:English
Published: 2013
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Ang, Kean Siang
Jane, Labadin
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description The spatial heterogeneity of susceptible-infected-recovered type of compartmental models are commonly expressed in ordinary differential equation based patchy models, in which all individuals are regarded as having the same type of epidemiological profile and demographic characteristics. However, these patchy aggregate models are often complicated to be constructed especially for three or more patches. Nevertheless, with the help of System Dynamics Modeler in NetLogo, we can conveniently construct a three-patch susceptible-infected-susceptible (SIS) model. A scenario analysis of three residential areas in which individuals are allowed to migrate among those areas was carried out. The same analysis was then carried out by an individual-based model simulated with agent-based modeling technique, in NetLogo as well. The simulation show that the results of individual-based model agree well with the aggregate model by carefully setting the parameters value involved. Hence, individual-based models could be potentially extended as a visualization tool for observing the evolution of epidemic dynamics taking into account weather conditions, landscape patterns and individual behaviours.
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spelling unimas-84712022-01-04T04:22:11Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8471/ An epidemic aggregate and individual-based model in a patchy environment Phang, Piau Ang, Kean Siang Jane, Labadin TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering The spatial heterogeneity of susceptible-infected-recovered type of compartmental models are commonly expressed in ordinary differential equation based patchy models, in which all individuals are regarded as having the same type of epidemiological profile and demographic characteristics. However, these patchy aggregate models are often complicated to be constructed especially for three or more patches. Nevertheless, with the help of System Dynamics Modeler in NetLogo, we can conveniently construct a three-patch susceptible-infected-susceptible (SIS) model. A scenario analysis of three residential areas in which individuals are allowed to migrate among those areas was carried out. The same analysis was then carried out by an individual-based model simulated with agent-based modeling technique, in NetLogo as well. The simulation show that the results of individual-based model agree well with the aggregate model by carefully setting the parameters value involved. Hence, individual-based models could be potentially extended as a visualization tool for observing the evolution of epidemic dynamics taking into account weather conditions, landscape patterns and individual behaviours. 2013 Proceeding NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/8471/1/Phang%20Piau.pdf Phang, Piau and Ang, Kean Siang and Jane, Labadin (2013) An epidemic aggregate and individual-based model in a patchy environment. In: 2013 8th International Conference on Information Technology in Asia (CITA),, 1-4 July 2013, Kota Samarahan. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6637557
spellingShingle TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
Phang, Piau
Ang, Kean Siang
Jane, Labadin
An epidemic aggregate and individual-based model in a patchy environment
title An epidemic aggregate and individual-based model in a patchy environment
title_full An epidemic aggregate and individual-based model in a patchy environment
title_fullStr An epidemic aggregate and individual-based model in a patchy environment
title_full_unstemmed An epidemic aggregate and individual-based model in a patchy environment
title_short An epidemic aggregate and individual-based model in a patchy environment
title_sort epidemic aggregate and individual-based model in a patchy environment
topic TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
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