Life Sciences & Biotechnology
Title : | City-scale agent-based simulators for the study of non-pharmaceutical interventions in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic |
Area of research : | Engineering Sciences, Life Sciences & Biotechnology, Computer Sciences and Information Technology, Mathematical Sciences, COVID-19 Research |
Focus area : | Modelling of COVID-19 |
Principal Investigator : | Prof Rajesh Sundaresan, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru |
Timeline Start Year : | 2020 |
Contact info : | rajeshs@iisc.ac.in |
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Executive Summary : | Highlight the usefulness of city-scale agent-based simulators in studying various non-pharmaceutical interventions to manage an evolving pandemic. The studies in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and demonstrate the power of the simulator via several exploratory case studies in two metropolises, Bengaluru and Mumbai. Such tools become common-place in any city administration’s tool kit towards digital health. |
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