SIMCO — Epidemiological Simulation
An agent-based epidemic simulation on GIS data, calibrated to government data with a genetic algorithm; 3× memory reduction after optimisation.
- role
- Java Developer
- period
- 2022
Problem
Comparing simulated epidemic outcomes against real government interventions, at national scale.
What was built
- An agent-based virus-spread simulation using GIS data.
- Modelling of social structures and administrative regions for Western countries.
- Calibration to government and vaccination data via a genetic algorithm.
- Memory optimisation and leak elimination.
Outcome
Model well-calibrated to government data; 3× lower memory use.