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most citedConceptualising Natural and Quasi Experiments in Public Health

148 citations

6 papers

cs.MA2022★ 23 cited

Agent-Based Modelling for Urban Analytics: State of the Art and Challenges

Nick Malleson, Mark Birkin, Daniel Birks +5

Agent-based modelling (ABM) is a facet of wider Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) research that explores the collective behaviour of individual `agents', and the implications that their be…

q-bio.QM2021★ 38 cited

FAIR Data Pipeline: provenance-driven data management for traceable scientific workflows

Sonia Natalie Mitchell, Andrew Lahiff, Nathan Cummings +35

Modern epidemiological analyses to understand and combat the spread of disease depend critically on access to, and use of, data. Rapidly evolving data, such as data streams changin…

stat.ME2020★ 148 cited

Conceptualising Natural and Quasi Experiments in Public Health

Frank de Vocht, Srinivasa Vittal Katikireddi, Cheryl McQuire +3

Background: Natural or quasi experiments are appealing for public health research because they enable the evaluation of events or interventions that are difficult or impossible to…

cs.CY2020★ 89 cited

Exploring the effectiveness of a COVID-19 contact tracing app using an agent-based model

Jonatan Almagor, Stefano Picascia

A contact-tracing strategy has been deemed necessary to contain the spread of COVID-19 following the relaxation of lockdown measures. Using an agent-based model, we explore one of…

cs.CY2020★ 6 cited

Social and Child Care Provision in Kinship Networks: an Agent-Based Model

Umberto Gostoli, Eric Silverman

Providing for the needs of the vulnerable is a critical component of social and health policy-making. In particular, caring for children and for vulnerable older people is vital to…

cs.MA2019★ 11 cited

Modelling Social Care Provision in An Agent-Based Framework with Kinship Networks

Umberto Gostoli, Eric Silverman

Current demographic trends in the UK include a fast-growing elderly population and dropping birth rates, and demand for social care amongst the aged is rising. The UK depends on in…