Catching clouds: Simultaneous optimization of the parameters of biological agent plumes using Dirichlet processes to best estimate infection source location

James  Thompson; Thomas  Finnie; Ian Hall; Nina  Dobrinkova

doi:10.15439/2017F264

Catching clouds: Simultaneous optimization of the parameters of biological agent plumes using Dirichlet processes to best estimate infection source location

James Thompson, Thomas Finnie, Ian Hall, Nina Dobrinkova

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We describe a stochastic method using Dirichlet processes to derive mixture models that allow the numerical description of outbreaks of diseases with multiple sources. We show that existing disease models may be extended using this method and how this may be used in a practical context to support the simulated response to a mass casualty public health emergency.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2017 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15439/2017F264
Publication status	Published - 2017

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