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Searching for effective policies to prevent bird flu pandemic in Bandung city using agent‐based simulation
Author(s) -
Putro Utomo Sarjono,
Novani Santi,
Siallagan Manahan,
Deguchi Hiroshi,
Kantani Yasuhiro,
Kaneda Toshiyuki,
Koyoma Yusuke,
Ichikawa Manabu,
Tanuma Hideki
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
systems research and behavioral science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1099-1743
pISSN - 1092-7026
DOI - 10.1002/sres.948
Subject(s) - pandemic , government (linguistics) , influenza a virus subtype h5n1 , perspective (graphical) , action (physics) , bird flu , java , agent based model , operations research , computer science , business , environmental economics , covid-19 , engineering , economics , artificial intelligence , virology , medicine , virus , linguistics , philosophy , physics , disease , pathology , quantum mechanics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language
This paper investigates the case of H5N1 bird flu in Southeast Asia, and develops a basic model of simulation using agent‐based modelling to study the dynamic interaction between human activities in Bandung City, West Java province, Indonesia. It evaluates the effectiveness of several policies for Bandung City based on the infection process model for pandemic, depending on social and culture simulation using Spot Oriented Agent Role Simulator or SOARS. The results of these simulations suggest that the government should take action not only from a medical perspective, but also from the perspective of social interactions and their influences on the spread of H5N1 in Bandung City. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.