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Title: |
An Agent-Based Model To Simulate
Pathogen Transmission Between Aquaculture Sites In The Romsdalsfjord |
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Authors: |
Saleh
Alaliyat, Ottar L. Osen, Kristina Oie Kvile |
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(2013).ECMS 2013 Proceedings edited
by: W. Rekdalsbakken, R. T. Bye, H.
Zhang European Council for Modeling and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2013 ISBN:
978-0-9564944-6-7 27th
European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, Aalesund,
Norway, May 27th – 30th,
2013 |
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Citation
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Saleh Alaliyat, Ottar L.
Osen, Kristina Oie Kvile (2013). An Agent-Based Model To Simulate Pathogen
Transmission Between Aquaculture Sites In The Romsdalsfjord, ECMS 2013 Proceedings edited by: W. Rekdalsbakken, R. T. Bye, H. Zhang, European Council for Modeling
and Simulation. doi:10.7148/2013-0046 |
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DOI: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.7148/2013-0046 |
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Abstract: |
Fish farming is an important industry
along the Norwegian west coast. This industry provides labor opportunities
and financial income in areas that are often thinly populated. Fish are
subject to diseases carried by pathogens. The value of
the fish that are lost due to disease is worrisome, and emergent diseases continue
to pose a severe challenge to the aquaculture industry. We have built an
agent-based model to simulate the emergence of a hypothetical fish pathogen in
an aquaculture facility in the Romsdalsfjord to observe how this pathogen
possibly spreads to multiple facilities within the fjord. This model enables
us to observe how key parameters such as current speed,
current direction, pathogen life span, contagiousness and fish density affect
the disease dynamics. The model is implemented in NetLogo, and we have
included three aquafarms at the Romsdalsfjord in the experiment. |
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