Modelling to contain pandemics.
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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Center on Social and Economic Dynamics at the Brookings Institution, 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, Washington DC 20036, USA. jepstein@brookings.edu
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