Modelling and Simulation of Disease Spread Dynamics Using Interacting Automata

将开发建模和模拟技术，以加强我们对疾病在景观中的传播的理解，从而能够及时制定控制战略。引进的有害生物、动物和植物疾病给澳大利亚造成的经济损失是相当大的。我们利用相互作用的自动机形式来捕获景观，人口和传染信息，因为它影响疾病传播，以提供比目前更准确的模拟。将构建通用模拟工具，使流行病学家能够针对特定疾病快速个性化。

Modelling and simulation techniques will be developed to strengthen our understanding of disease spread over the landscape, so allowing timely control strategies to be developed. The economic cost to Australia of introduced pests, animal and plant diseases is considerable. We utilise an interacting automata formalism to capture landscape, population and contagion information as it affects disease spread to provide more accurate simulation than is done at present. Generic simulation tools will be constructed, capable of being rapidly personalised by epidemiologists for specific diseases.