Government Technology - Dec 10, 2009
. . .In May, Emergency Management, a sister publication of Government Technology, looked at the unique challenges facing colleges and universities as the potential for pandemic rushed toward reality. . . . researchers at Georgia Tech's School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) created a model that simulates the spread of a pandemic geographically and across time. "This is a large-scale simulation model," said Pinar Keskinocak, a developer and ISyE associate professor. "We essentially simulate each person in a population according to age groups and social groups -- such as households, school groups, work groups and community interaction. Taking all of these factors into account, the simulation model mimics the way the disease will spread both geographically and over time. Read more>>>