Assignments WS 2021/2022
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Spread of covid19 in closed/open area markets
In winter 2021 in Czechia the christmas markets were banned due to another covid19 infection wave. On the other hand people are free to go into shopping malls. It would be interesting to use existing data about covid19 virus transmission in agent based simulation to see how many people get infected and in what speed depending on whether they are in a christmas (open) market, or in a shopping mall (closed). The main goal will be to see if the simulation would backup the decision that has been made about christmas markets.
Possible research papers that contain data about covid spreading
- Kaggle notebook - Covid19, Evolution, Transmission, Spatial Patterns
- Research - Understanding COVID-19 transmission, health impacts and mitigation: timely social distancing is the key
This simulation would be realised using NetLogo.
Summary:
WHAT will be simulated
- market place, which can be both open space or closed space.
- people with or without masks, who will walk from shop to shop, with some intention and some of them will be virus carriers
- virus, which will spread in places where people go through (depending on the closed/open area, the infection rates will differ)
GOAL of the simulation
- answer the question: "Where is the virus spread more significant? At the market place, or at the shopping mall?"
TOOL used for the simulation
- NetLogo
- Agent based simulation
Author: Angel Kostov, xkosa20
