A team led by Prof. Nazar Zaki is currently working on a fully developed Pandemic
Simulator to assist in understanding the effects of social distancing and isolation
on the development of a pandemic. In order to allow the user to model the virus behavior
a settings panel is provided to explore the spreading characteristics in small, medium
or large cities. The Simulator is user friendly and intuitive for technical and non-technical
users. There are four settings that allow the simulation of social distancing and
will allow/disallow: to work, visit other houses, visit social areas or go to school.
All probabilities can be set before the initialization of the simulation or during
the runtime to observe the effects during a pandemic. The Simulator is accessible
at
https://bi-dac.com/simulator/and more details are explained in this
video.The team is currently extending the efforts to answer questions such aswhat would
happen if schools, social areas and workplaces are gradually open?
