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GERMS: an epidemiologic simulation tool for studying geographic and social effects on infection transmission

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Andrew L. Adams,

James S. Koopman,

Stephen E. Chick,

Peter J. YuAuthors Info & Claims

WSC '99: Proceedings of the 31st conference on Winter simulation: Simulation---a bridge to the future - Volume 2

Pages 1549 - 1556

https://doi.org/10.1145/324898.325320

Published: 01 December 1999 Publication History

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GERMS: an epidemiologic simulation tool for studying geographic and social effects on infection transmission
1. Applied computing
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2. Computing methodologies
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December 1999

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DOI:10.1145/324898

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Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville
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Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison
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Systems Modeling, Searickley, PA

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