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Practical modeling: Exploring models in ISIS and Zeke
Practical modeling: Exploring models in ISIS and Zeke
Saturday, November 15, 2014
: 2:15 PM - 3:20 PM
Using the theory and concepts laid out in the previous presentation, we provide a hands-on exploration of model implementation. Using web-based programs developed by the presenters, participants can explore and compare the models introduced during the learning institute using a program called ‘Zeke’. Additionally, they can implement more sophisticated agent-based models for their own research questions, including custom disease dynamics, interventions, risk groups etc. using ‘ISIS’, a user-friendly web frontend to the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute’s high performance epidemiological modeling software.
Learning Objectives:
- Formulate and implement a model of their own research question
- Assess the impact of varying model structure and parameter values
- Evaluate the benefits and costs of complex model designs.
Learning Areas:
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to be an APHA-LI course organizer because I have organized and presented this learning institute at two previous conferences, and am a postdoctoral researcher focusing on the use of computational models of infectious diseases.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.