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ReviewJournal of the Indian Institute of Science2021

Agent-Based Computational Epidemiological Modeling.

Keith R Bissett, Jose Cadena, Maleq Khan, Chris J Kuhlman

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Review in Journal of the Indian Institute of Science, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. A Whirlwind Tour of Complex Systems.Journal of the Indian Institute of Science · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Keith R BissettSelf Employed, Boston, USA.
Jose CadenaLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, USA.
Maleq KhanTexas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, USA.
Chris J KuhlmanUniversity of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study of epidemics is useful for not only understanding outbreaks and trying to limit their adverse effects, but also because epidemics are related to social phenomena such as government instability, crime, poverty, and inequality. One approach for studying epidemics is to simulate their spread through populations. In this work, we describe an integrated multi-dimensional approach to epidemic simulation, which encompasses: (1) a theoretical framework for simulation and analysis; (2) synthetic population (digital twin) generation; (3) (social contact) network construction methods from synthetic populations, (4) stylized network construction methods; and (5) simulation of the evolution of a virus or disease through a social network. We describe these aspects and end with a short discussion on simulation results that inform public policy.

Indexed as

Agent-based simulationComputational epidemiologyData-driven social network generationDiscrete dynamical systemsHigh performance computingLarge-scale stylized network constructionSynthetic populations

Identifiers

PMID34629766
PMCPMC8490969

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