IU informaticists show new levels of refinement in predicting human mobility, epidemic spread

Thursday, December 17, 2009 - 18:07 in Mathematics & Economics

(PhysOrg.com) -- The interplay of human mobility patterns like those between local metropolitan commuters and long-range airline travelers during a global epidemic can be modeled in such detail so as to offer refined views of epidemics that could aid in public health emergency decision making, according to new research published by a team led by informaticists at Indiana University.

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