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Indirect spread of infection at a physical location, which might be through the fomite or airborne route, has been studied on dynamic contact networks. We report a framework and some results that uses individual or agent-based simulations. We study this primarily in the context of agents traveling across locations, leaving “droplets” of infection when leaving a location. We abstract out technical details of diffusion dynamics to arrive at a simple tool that facilitates easy what-if analysis.
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Kumar Pandey, R., Panduranga Rao, M.V. (2021). Traveling Agents and Indirect Epidemic Transmission. In: Jezic, G., Chen-Burger, J., Kusek, M., Sperka, R., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: Technologies and Applications 2021. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 241. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2994-5_31
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