LEPRASIM, an Agent Based Model, is developed to gain a deeper understanding of the spatio-temporal diffusion dynamics of leprosy infections, the effect of agent-based behavioral mechanisms on this phenomenon, and the long-term effectiveness of prevention measures in reducing the occurrence of leprosy in a population. A set of eight prevention measures are tested aimed at different contact groups of infected individuals in the population. Of these strategies an initial deployment of a "blanket"-approach, followed by the deployment of a pre-emptive approach aimed at household and neighbor contacts of infected individuals, is considered to be most effective.
BT - Geographic Information Management and Applications LA - eng M3 - Masters Thesis N2 -LEPRASIM, an Agent Based Model, is developed to gain a deeper understanding of the spatio-temporal diffusion dynamics of leprosy infections, the effect of agent-based behavioral mechanisms on this phenomenon, and the long-term effectiveness of prevention measures in reducing the occurrence of leprosy in a population. A set of eight prevention measures are tested aimed at different contact groups of infected individuals in the population. Of these strategies an initial deployment of a "blanket"-approach, followed by the deployment of a pre-emptive approach aimed at household and neighbor contacts of infected individuals, is considered to be most effective.
PY - 2016 SP - 1 EP - 126 T2 - Geographic Information Management and Applications TI - LEPRASIM: An Agent-based model for the spatio-temporal diffusion dynamics of leprosy. UR - http://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/342409/Thesis_vanderHoek_s6020453.pdf?sequence=2 VL - Master ER -