Computer models that predict crowd behaviour could be used to prevent the spread of infections at mass gatherings
Monday, January 16, 2012 - 06:30
in Health & Medicine
(Medical Xpress) -- Computer models that provide accurate simulations of how crowds behave can be used to identify health and safety issues at MGs, and could be adapted to simulate the spread of infections and to test the potential of public health interventions to disrupt or prevent an outbreak, according to the fourth paper in The Lancet Infectious Diseases Series on mass gatherings health.