"Wrong, but useful": negotiating uncertainty in infectious disease modelling.

For infectious disease dynamical models to inform policy for containment of infectious diseases the models must be able to predict; however, it is well recognised that such prediction will never be perfect. Nevertheless, the consensus is that although models are uncertain, some may yet inform effect...

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Main Authors: Robert M Christley, Maggie Mort, Brian Wynne, Jonathan M Wastling, A Louise Heathwaite, Roger Pickup, Zoë Austin, Sophia M Latham
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24146851/?tool=EBI