Title :
Computational Epidemiology
Author :
Gorder, Pam Frost
Abstract :
Born from a desire to predict the future, epidemiology has largely been limited to studying the past. Now, computational epidemiology researchers are harnessing computing power to crack the complicated mystery of how diseases spread.
Keywords :
Cardiac disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Computational modeling; Face; Humans; Influenza; Laboratories; Mathematical model; Predictive models; Public healthcare; H1N1; Keywords: computational epidemiology; disease tracking; influenza; modeling human behavior; social network modeling; spatial statistics; spatio-temporal statistics; swine flu;
Journal_Title :
Computing in Science & Engineering
DOI :
10.1109/MCSE.2010.7
