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. 2009 Aug 6;460(7256):687.
doi: 10.1038/460687a.

Modelling to contain pandemics

Joshua M Epstein  1
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Modelling to contain pandemics

Joshua M Epstein. Nature. .

Abstract

Agent-based computational models can capture irrational behaviour, complex social networks and global scale--all essential in confronting H1N1, says Joshua M. Epstein.

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    1. Epstein JM, Axtell RL. Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science from the Bottom Up. Ch. V. MIT Press; 1996.
    1. Parker JA. ACM Trans Model. Comput. S. in the press.

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