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MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTERS IN SIMULATION
卷 80, 期 5, 页码 1018-1030出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2009.12.008
关键词
Multi-agent systems (MAS); Complex networks (CNs); HIV epidemics; Scale-free; Men who have sex with men (MSM)
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资金
- China Scholarship Council
- European Virol-ab [23] [INFSO-IST-027446.]
Simulating the spreading of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic requires a detailed description of the population network, especially for small populations in which individuals can be represented in detail and accuracy. In this paper, we introduce the concept of a complex agent network (CAN) to model the HIV epidemic by combining multi-agent systems and complex networks, in which agents represent individuals who can have sexual interactions. The applicability of CANs is demonstrated by constructing and executing a detailed HIV epidemic model for men who have sex with men (MSM) in Amsterdam, including a distinction between steady and casual relationships. We focus on MSM contacts because they play an important role in HIV epidemics and have been tracked in Amsterdam for a long time. Our experiments show good correspondence between the historical data of the Amsterdam cohort study and the simulation results. (C) 2009 IMACS. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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