A Multi-agent Simulation Tool for Micro-scale Contagion Spread Studies

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/GHTC.2016.7857277· OSTI ID:1329757

Koch, Daniel B ^[1]

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1. ORNL

Within the disaster preparedness and emergency response community, there is interest in how contagions spread person-to-person at large gatherings and if mitigation strategies can be employed to reduce new infections. A contagion spread simulation module was developed for the Incident Management Preparedness and Coordination Toolkit that allows a user to see how a geographically accurate layout of the gathering space helps or hinders the spread of a contagion. The results can inform mitigation strategies based on changing the physical layout of an event space. A case study was conducted for a particular event to calibrate the underlying simulation model. This paper presents implementation details of the simulation code that incorporates agent movement and disease propagation. Elements of the case study are presented to show how the tool can be used.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1329757
• Resource Relation: Conference: IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, Seattle, WA, USA, 20161013, 20161016
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English