We did the right thing: an intervention analysis approach to modeling intervened SARS propagation in Singapore.
Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Publication Date
8-2004
Abstract
In this paper, we adopt the Intervention Analysis approach to model an intervened natural process, i.e., propagation of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Singapore, which is affected not only by its own evolutionary history but also by the control measures taken. Using this model, the propagation trend of the epidemic and the effects of different control measures on the outcomes of this epidemic can be simulated and quantitatively analyzed. Based on the model, we have performed an evaluation and sensitivity analysis of the Singapore government's responses to this epidemic. Preliminary results have shown that the control measures taken are effective in controlling the outbreak.
Keywords
Biological model, Communicable disease, Disease transmission, Epidemic, Human, Infection control, Severe acute respiratory syndrome, Singapore
Discipline
Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
Publication
MEDINFO 2004: Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Medical Informatics
Volume
107
First Page
1246
Last Page
1250
ISBN
9781586034443
Identifier
10.3233/978-1-60750-949-3-1246
Publisher
IOS Press
City or Country
Amsterdam
Citation
Han, Bin Han and Tze-Yun LEONG.
We did the right thing: an intervention analysis approach to modeling intervened SARS propagation in Singapore.. (2004). MEDINFO 2004: Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Medical Informatics. 107, 1246-1250.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3054