Catching clouds: Simultaneous optimization of the parameters of biological agent plumes using Dirichlet processes to best estimate infection source location

James Thompson, Thomas Finnie, Ian Hall, Nina Dobrinkova

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Abstract

We describe a stochastic method using Dirichlet processes to derive mixture models that allow the numerical description of outbreaks of diseases with multiple sources. We show that existing disease models may be extended using this method and how this may be used in a practical context to support the simulated response to a mass casualty public health emergency.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2017 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS 2017
EditorsMaria Ganzha, Leszek Maciaszek, Marcin Paprzycki
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages481-484
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9788394625375
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Nov 2017
Event2017 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS 2017 - Prague, Czech Republic
Duration: 3 Sept 20176 Sept 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 2017 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS 2017

Conference

Conference2017 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS 2017
Country/TerritoryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Period3/09/176/09/17

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Institute of Information and Communication Technologies Bulgarian Academy of Sciences acad. Georgi Bonchev bl. 2 Bulgaria Email: [email protected] This work has been funded by: the EC Research Executive Agency 7th Framework Programme, (SEC-2013.4.1-4) under grant number FP7-SEC-2013-608078-IMproving Preparedness and Response of HEalth Services in major criseS (IMPRESS), the UK NIH Health Protection Research Unit in Emergency Preparedness and Response and by grant 02/20 awarded from the Bulgarian National Science Fund.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 PTI.

Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Keywords

  • Chinese restaurant process
  • clustering
  • epidemiology
  • mixture models
  • non-parametric fitting
  • stochastic processes

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