Adaptive Management and the Value of Information: Learning Via Intervention in Epidemiology
Author(s) -
Katriona Shea,
Michael J. Tildesley,
Michael C. Runge,
Christopher Fonnesbeck,
Matthew J. Ferrari
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
plos biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.127
H-Index - 271
eISSN - 1545-7885
pISSN - 1544-9173
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001970
Subject(s) - culling , outbreak , value of information , adaptive management , risk analysis (engineering) , intervention (counseling) , environmental resource management , computer science , biology , business , economics , ecology , medicine , virology , artificial intelligence , herd , psychiatry
This Research Article explores the benefits of applying Adaptive Management approaches to disease outbreaks, finding that formally integrating science and policy allows one to reduce uncertainty and improve disease management outcomes.
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