Modeling the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in Beijing: an agent-based approach

  • Authors:

  • Yuxia Huang

  • Affiliations:

  • Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 1st International Conference and Exhibition on Computing for Geospatial Research & Application
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is an intrinsic spatial and temporal process. This paper reports the use of an agent-based approach to model the spread of SARS in Beijing and to examine the effectiveness of intervention strategies. A case study of simulation of SARS epidemic in Beijing, China in 2003 has been conducted by tracing close contacts of cases. Based on comparison of the simulation results with the actual cases, it was found that the agent-based approach can capture the SARS transmission from individual to individual and can demonstrate the public-health efforts in the control of SARS.