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

An example from Eastern Province, Zambia

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2015
Country:
Zambia
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Climate and Environment, Health
Authors:
Alderton, S, Noble, J, Schaten, K, Welburn, S.C., Atkinson, P.M.

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

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

Exploiting human resource requirements to infer human movement patterns for use in modelling disease transmission systems: An example from Eastern Province, Zambia

Published 1 January 2015
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