Computer Simulation of SARS Viruses Diffusion and Control – An Artificial World Approach

• Main Authors: Chih-chiang Chen, 陳志強
• Other Authors: Jong-chen Chen
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/66193824837514076371

碩士 === 國立雲林科技大學 === 資訊管理系碩士班 === 92 === Significant improvement of medical treatment makes people convince that most viruses can be controlled effectively and neglect their implicit danger. The nightmare made by SARS in the last summer reveals such a vivid example. The object of this study is to construct a computer system for investigating the behaviors of viruses (spread and adaptation of viruses) under different environments (temperature, humidity, acid/alkalinity, environment cleanness, environment energy and so on). An artificial world model for investigating the spread and adaptation of viruses with different fatality types of viruses, different type of spreading media, and different government policies was constructed. It is extremely difficult and quite expensive, or even impossible, to investigate the above issues if we try to implement it on the real world (e.g., conduct experiments on people with real viruses). In the meantime, it is not easy to comprehend clinical experimental results. Moreover, it is illegal to perform physical human experiments. More important, people still have very limited knowledge of SARS viruses. Computer simulation and artificial worlds approach allow us to fill up this gap, as we can temporarily set aside the insufficient knowledge of SARS and step ahead the dilemma of difficulty in collecting real data so as to engage in a variety of experiments without interfering the real world.