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Epidemic Modelling

Special Session
20th Biennial Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2013)
Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, 1-6 December 2013

MODSIM 2013 Website   http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim2013/

Description   Mathematical modelling of epidemics can be traced back at least to Daniel Bernoulli's work on the smallpox virus, but it was not until the beginning of the last century that the first mathematical models were developed to help understand the spread and recurrence of infections. Since Kermack and McKendrick's groundbreaking work in the 1920s, which predicted a threshhold in the density of susceptible individuals above which a major outbreak would occur, mathematical models have become the mainstay for helping practitioners assess the effectiveness of intervention strategies for prevention and control of epidemics. This session will bring together reseachers working in the area of modelling and control of epidemics.

Organizers   Ross McVinish (UQ), Geoff Mercer (ANU), Phil Pollett (UQ), Joshua Ross (Adelaide), Aminath Shausan (UQ).

Papers   All papers were refereed by two anonymous reviewers and one of five session editors.



The Centre of Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics
of Complex Systems is funded by the Australian Research
Council, with additional support from the Queensland
State Government and the University of Queensland