The   Repast-infection-model   is an example of an   Agent-Based Simulation Infection Model   implemented in the  well-known  Repast Simphony agent-based simulation toolkit.  Agent-based simulation is a highly useful technique that allows individuals and their behaviours to be represented as they interact over time.  This means, with appropriate data, agent-based simulation can be used to study various socio-medical phenomena such as the spread of disease and infection in a population.

The aim of this demonstration model is to show how a science gateway could support the study of the spread  of disease or infection in a population. As well as having direct healthcare application, it can also be used in the field of health economics to study the cost effectiveness of various infection preventive strategies.

Within the science gateway, the Repast-infection-model has been deployed in a portlet named   myRepast-infection-portlet .  This   has been developed to enable users to submit experiments with different input parameters and to obtain results.  As well as the results output file, the application also has a demonstration graph tool that allows users to see the graphical visualisation of the results.  This shows that science gateways can be developed to support online complex simulations in an extremely easy to use manner.  See the Sci-GaIA project web pages for educational modules on how to implement these applications as well as how science gateways and data repositories can be used to support Open Science.

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References 

                                    Macal and North's 2014 paper on agent-based modelling & simulation for moredetails in the areaFreely available at this 
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                                    Perez and Dragicevic's 2009 paper on an agent-based approach for modeling thedynamics of contagious disease spreadFreely available 
                                    
                                      at this 
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