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ReviewTheory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften2011

A rigorous approach to investigating common assumptions about disease transmission: Process algebra as an emerging modelling methodology for epidemiology.

Chris McCaig, Mike Begon, Rachel Norman, Carron Shankland

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Review in Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Emerging modelling methodologies in medicine and biology, Introduction to the special issue.Theory in biosciences = Theorie in den Biowissenschaften · 2011
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4 authors.

Chris McCaigDepartment of Computing Science and Mathematics, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, UK. cmc@cs.stir.ac.uk
Mike Begon
Rachel Norman
Carron Shankland

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Changing scale, for example, the ability to move seamlessly from an individual-based model to a population-based model, is an important problem in many fields. In this paper, we introduce process algebra as a novel solution to this problem in the context of models of infectious disease spread. Process algebra allows us to describe a system in terms of the stochastic behaviour of individuals, and is a technique from computer science. We review the use of process algebra in biological systems, and the variety of quantitative and qualitative analysis techniques available. The analysis illustrated here solves the changing scale problem: from the individual behaviour we can rigorously derive equations to describe the mean behaviour of the system at the level of the population. The biological problem investigated is the transmission of infection, and how this relates to individual interactions.

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Disease OutbreaksModels, BiologicalCommunicable DiseasesComputer SimulationHumansMarkov ChainsStochastic Processes

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