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A Modelling4All/NetLogo model of the Spanish Flu Pandemic (1.1.0)

Due to the difficulty of modelling 1.8 billion individuals this model runs an aggregate SIR model on each patch. Populations travel between nearby patches causing some mixing. Ships and trains are modelled as agent that transport populations. Army camps are models are locations with different contact and transmission odds than the civilian population. The three waves of infection are modelled.

The model can be used to explore questions such as ‘how different would the epidemic have been if there had been no war or the war ended much later?’.

The model was built using the Behaviour Composer which resulted in a NetLogo program.

The model, the student guide, and the teacher guide are available as open educational resources.

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A Modelling4All/NetLogo model of the Spanish Flu Pandemic 1.1.0

Submitted by Ken Kahn Published Aug 05, 2013 Last modified Feb 23, 2018
epidemiology spanish flu modelling4all behaviour composer counterfactual history NetLogo

Due to the difficulty of modelling 1.8 billion individuals this model runs an aggregate SIR model on each patch. Populations travel between nearby patches causing some mixing. Ships and trains are modelled as agent that transport populations. Army camps are models are locations with different contact and transmission odds than the civilian population. The three waves of infection are modelled.

The model can be used to explore questions such as ‘how different would the epidemic have been if there had been no war or the war ended much later?’.

The model was built using the Behaviour Composer which resulted in a NetLogo program.

The model, the student guide, and the teacher guide are available as open educational resources.

Release Notes

Version 1

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Ken Kahn (2013, August 05). “A Modelling4All/NetLogo model of the Spanish Flu Pandemic” (Version 1.1.0). CoMSES Computational Model Library. Retrieved from: https://www.comses.net/codebases/3890/releases/1.1.0/

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Contributors
Ken Kahn
DOI
No assigned DOI
Model Version
1.1.0
License
CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
Programming Language
Logo
Software Framework
NetLogo
Operating System
Operating System Independent
Publish Date
Monday, August 05, 2013
Last Updated
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Downloads 1503
Peer Review
Unreviewed
Version Submitter First published Last modified Status
1.1.0 Ken Kahn Mon Aug 5 15:21:25 2013 Sun Feb 18 09:24:38 2018 Published
1.0.0 Ken Kahn Mon Aug 5 15:17:09 2013 Tue Feb 20 13:08:18 2018 Published

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