DataSheet1_Simulation Based on an Agent-Based Model to Demonstrate the Transmission of COVID-19 and Effectiveness of Different Public Health Strategies.docx

COVID-19 has changed the world fundamentally since its outbreak in January 2020. Public health experts and administrations around the world suggested and implemented various intervention strategies to slow down the transmission of the virus. To illustrate to the general public how the virus is transmitted and how different intervention strategies can check the transmission, we built an agent-based model to simulate the transmission of the virus in the real world and demonstrate how to prevent its spread with public health strategies.

自2020年1月新型冠状病毒肺炎（COVID-19）暴发以来，这场疫情已从根本上改变了全球社会的运行格局。全球公共卫生专家与各国行政管理部门提出并实施了多样化的干预策略，以延缓病毒的传播速率。为向公众清晰阐释病毒的传播机制，以及不同干预策略对病毒传播的抑制效果，我们搭建了基于智能体的模型（agent-based model），用于模拟现实环境中的病毒传播过程，并演示如何通过公共卫生策略阻断疫情蔓延。