Epidemic Model

What is this model?

This is an agent-based model that shows the spread of disease. The user is able to change the initial amount of the population and the infection rate. If a healthy person is next to a sick person, there is a chance the healthy person changes into a sick person (infection rate). Also, healthy people not next to a sick person move randomly part of the time and the other part of the time they move away from contaminated areas. After a sufficient amount of time, or faster with rest, a sick person can change back into a healthy person. Lastly, sick people who do not move get better faster than if they move around.

What can this model be used to teach?

Understand how infectiousness rate affects the model

Understand how the amount of a population and population density affect the spread of disease

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