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In this chapter we will introduce the SIR model, which stands for susceptible–infectious–recovered, a basic conceptual model in the fields of epidemiology, public health, and virology, among others. It will also allow us to introduce the idea of an agent-based model or ABM in which individual entities have their own unique identity within the model. .
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Lancaster, A., Webster, G. (2019). A Virtual Flu Epidemic. In: Python for the Life Sciences. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4523-1_18
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