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cord-354953-q1imoe7k	Zhong, ShaoBo	Simulation of the spread of infectious diseases in a geographical environment	2009-02-26		.txt	text/plain	5218	307	57	Given the fact that most existing models cannot comprehensively depict heterogeneities (e.g., the population heterogeneity and the distribution heterogeneity) and complex contagion patterns (which are mostly caused by the human interaction induced by modern transportation) in the real world, a theoretical model of the spread of infectious diseases is proposed. It employs geo-entity based cellular automata to simulate the spread of infectious diseases in a geographical environment. Through defining suitable spatial weighting functions, the model is applied to simulate the spread of the infectious diseases with not only local contagion but also global contagion. In the following cases of simulation, we will examine the spatial dynamics of infectious diseases with the local contagion and the global contagion, and the effect of two typical interventions (isolation and quarantine) on the spread of infectious diseases.	./cache/cord-354953-q1imoe7k.txt	./txt/cord-354953-q1imoe7k.txt