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New computer model for predicting pandemics

 

A German–US team of scientists has built a new mathematical model for predicting the spread of such diseases as bird ‘flu, SARS, and HIV.

Based on chaos theory and non-linear mathematics, the new model radically simplifies the job of building computerised tracking systems and collecting data to predict the spread of highly infectious diseases through established western populations.

Full story in bjhc&im November 2006 (650 words)

 

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