Wise, S;
Milusheva, S;
Ayling, S;
(2022)
The Importance of Scaling for an Agent Based Model: An Illustrative Case Study with COVID-19 in Zimbabwe.
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Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Science 2022.
(pp. pp. 259-265).
Springer Nature
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Abstract
Agent-based models frequently make use of scaling techniques to render the simulated samples of population more tractable. The degree to which this scaling has implications for model forecasts, however, has yet to be explored; in particular, no research on the spatial implications of this has been done. This work presents a simulation of the spread of Covid-19 among districts in Zimbabwe and assesses the extent to which results vary relative to the samples upon which they are based. It is determined that in particular, different geographical dynamics of the spread of disease are associated with varying population sizes, with implications for others seeking to use scaled populations in their research.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | The Importance of Scaling for an Agent Based Model: An Illustrative Case Study with COVID-19 in Zimbabwe |
| Event: | ICCS 2022 - International Conference on Computational Science |
| ISBN-13: | 9783031087530 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-031-08754-7_35 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08754-7_35 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Agent-based modelling, Scaling, Synthetic population, Agent-based modeling, Simulation |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10153491 |
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