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Exploiting human resource requirements to infer human movement patterns for use in modelling disease transmission systems

author(s) Alderton, S. - Noble, J. - Schaten, K. - Welburn, S.C.. - Atkinson, P.M.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Eastern Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
citation

Alderton, S., Noble, J., Schaten, K., Welburn, S.C., Atkinson, P.M., Exploiting human resource requirements to infer human movement patterns for use in modelling disease transmission systems: An example from Eastern Province, Zambia, PLos One, vol.10, issue9, 2015

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Abstract

In this research, an agent-based model (ABM) was developed to generate human movement routes between homes and water resources in a rural setting, given commonly available geospatial datasets on population distribution, land cover and landscape resources. ABMs are an object-oriented computational approach to modelling a system, focusing on the interactions of autonomous agents, and aiming to assess the impact of these agents and their interactions on the system as a whole. This research was supported by the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme

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