We are modeling the spread of the deadly Flu strain from the book: Life as we knew it. We have doctors, healthy people, and infected people. Haden, Kalish, Hackney
Scenario: The Flu in a open environment.
Agents: Doctors are Magenta, Healthy are Blue, and Sick are Red
Environment: Open area, flat land, no barriers.
Time Increment: Hours
Variables: Time, Healthy: 1-500, Infected: 1-20, Doctors: 1-20, Total Population
Random Behaviors: Wiggle walk 1-45 degrees
Interactions: When touching sick with a 75% chance healthy will become sick. When sick touches a doctor with a 100% chance will heal. Unless already Doctors who are immune.
Repeated Behaviors: The Turtles always get healed by Doctors when they touch.
Excluded Elements/Behaviors: Real like obstacles. Doctors not getting sick. Food and other environmental concerns. Prior awareness of the epidemic. Movement slowing.
Purpose: To represent how a flu virus can spread and how and can effect the population.
If the healthy population increases then a greater percent of the population will die because there is a greater chance of contact with an infected person.
Trials:6, 2 trials at each setting, settings:100, 300, and 500 healthy population