Optimising partner matching for microsimulations of the HIV epidemic
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2015
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University of Cape Town
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Microsimulation is a way of modelling epidemics that is growing in popularity. Instead of the traditional way of building a model consisting of differential equations and then solving them, a microsimulation consists of, perhaps, thousands of agents, each representing a person, and each behaving according to a simple set of rules. Instead of outputs like infection and mortality rates being derived from equations, they are derived from the interactions of the agents over many iterations.
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Nathan, G. 2015. Optimising partner matching for microsimulations of the HIV epidemic