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.
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