Modelling the spread of covid-19 in the capital of Brazil using numerical solution and cellular automata.
Comput Biol Chem
; 94: 107554, 2021 Oct.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1330713
ABSTRACT
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) still challenges researchers due to its spread and deaths. Hence, the classical epidemic SIR and SEIRD models inspired by the epidemic's outbreak are widely used to predict the evolution of the disease. In addition to classical approaches, describing complex phenomena through Cellular Automata (CA) is a highly effective way to understand the iterations on a populated system. The present research analyzed the usage of CA to generate an epidemic-computational model from a micro perspective based on parameters obtained through a statistical fit from a macro perspective. After validating SIR and SEIRD models with the government official data for Brasilia, Brazil, the authors applied the obtained parameters to the Cellular Automata model. The CA model simulated the spread of the virus from infected to uninfected people in a restrained environment (i.e., a supermarket) under several varied conditions applying an approach never adopted before. The manner of applying CA in this research proved to represent an essential tool in predicting the spread of the coronavirus in confined spaces with random movements of people. The CA numerical open-source presented has the purpose of clarifying how the spread occurs not only as a mathematical curve but in an organic way. The numerical simulations from the CA model allowed the authors to conclude that markets and stores are relevant places where might be infections. Thus, every local store and the market owner should reason about the aspects that could avoid the spread of the disease, coming up with efficient solutions. Each environment has specific features that only those who know them are the ones capable of managing.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Computer Simulation
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SARS-CoV-2
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COVID-19
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Models, Biological
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Brazil
Language:
English
Journal:
Comput Biol Chem
Journal subject:
Biology
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Medical Informatics
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Chemistry
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
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