TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysing the Combined Health, Social and Economic Impacts of the Corona Virus Pandemic Using Agent‑Based Social Simulation
AU - Dignum, Frank
AU - Dignum, Virginia
AU - Davidsson, Paul
AU - Ghorbani, Amineh
AU - van der Hurk, Mijke
AU - Jensen, Maarten
AU - Kammler, Christian
AU - Lorig, Fabian
AU - Ludescher, Luis Gustavo
AU - Melchior, Alexander
AU - Mellema, René
AU - Pastrav, Cezara
AU - Vanhee, Loïs
AU - Verhagen, Harko
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - During the COVID-19 crisis there have been many difficult decisions governments and other decision makers had to make. E.g. do we go for a total lock down or keep schools open? How many people and which people should be tested? Although there are many good models from e.g. epidemiologists on the spread of the virus under certain conditions, these models do not directly translate into the interventions that can be taken by government. Neither can these models contribute to understand the economic and/or social consequences of the interventions. However, effective and sustainable solutions need to take into account this combination of factors. In this paper, we propose an agent-based social simulation tool, ASSOCC, that supports decision makers understand possible consequences of policy interventions, but exploring the combined social, health and economic consequences of these interventions.
AB - During the COVID-19 crisis there have been many difficult decisions governments and other decision makers had to make. E.g. do we go for a total lock down or keep schools open? How many people and which people should be tested? Although there are many good models from e.g. epidemiologists on the spread of the virus under certain conditions, these models do not directly translate into the interventions that can be taken by government. Neither can these models contribute to understand the economic and/or social consequences of the interventions. However, effective and sustainable solutions need to take into account this combination of factors. In this paper, we propose an agent-based social simulation tool, ASSOCC, that supports decision makers understand possible consequences of policy interventions, but exploring the combined social, health and economic consequences of these interventions.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11023-020-09527-6
DO - 10.1007/s11023-020-09527-6
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85086888593
VL - 30
SP - 177
EP - 194
JO - Minds and Machines: journal for artificial intelligence, philosophy and cognitive sciences
JF - Minds and Machines: journal for artificial intelligence, philosophy and cognitive sciences
SN - 0924-6495
IS - 2
ER -