Modeling Infectious Behaviors: The Need to Account for Behavioral Adaptation in COVID-19 Models

Raffaele Vardavas; Pedro Nascimento de Lima; Paul K Davis; Andrew M Parker; Lawrence Baker

Abstract

This essay discusses the need for new types of simulation models of COVID-19 that couple transmission dynamics with adaptive behaviors.

Topics

COVID-19 infectious disease modeling behavioral adaptation public health policy pandemic response simulation modeling decision support

Citation

@article{Vardavas2021b,
author = {Vardavas, Raffaele and {Nascimento de Lima}, Pedro and Davis, Paul K and Parker, Andrew M and Baker, Lawrence},
doi = {10.18278/jpcs.7.1.3},

journal = {Journal on Policy and Complex Systems},
keywords = {behavioral adaptation,conductual en los modelos,covid-19,cuenta la adaptaci{\'{o}}n,infectious disease,la,modelado de conductas infecciosas,modeling,necesidad de tener en},
number = {1},
pages = {21 -- 32},
title = {{Modeling Infectious Behaviors: The Need to Account for Behavioral Adaptation in COVID-19 Models}},
volume = {7},
year = {2021}
}