An iterative approach for generating statistically realistic populations of households.

BACKGROUND: Many different simulation frameworks, in different topics, need to treat realistic datasets to initialize and calibrate the system. A precise reproduction of initial states is extremely important to obtain reliable forecast from the model. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: This paper propo...

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Main Authors: Floriana Gargiulo, Sônia Ternes, Sylvie Huet, Guillaume Deffuant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2809743?pdf=render