Individual space-time activity-based modelling of infectious disease transmission within a city

Yong Yang, Peter Atkinson, Dick Ettema

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Abstract

This paper provides an example of the application of an individual space-time activity-based model (ISTAM) to the simulation of the transmission of infectious disease in Eemnes, a city in The Netherlands. Four questions were addressed: (i) how to build the whole population at the city level, (ii) how to build the structure of the activity bundles for the city, (iii) how to assign daily activity patterns to each individual, and (iv) how to simulate within-AB transmission. The model was calibrated and examples of simulation results such as dynamics of the population during a whole day, infection distribution and network analysis are presented. © 2007 The Royal Society.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)759-772
Number of pages14
JournalJournal of the Royal Society Interface
Volume5
Issue number24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Jul 2008

Keywords

  • Activity bundle
  • Infectious disease transmission
  • Space-time activity
  • article
  • city
  • daily life activity
  • disease transmission
  • infection
  • population
  • simulation
  • space
  • time

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