Our simulation model, LiNK, began as a course project and has evolved into a interdisciplinary research collaboration that encompasses a component of 2 dissertations. By efficiently utilizing geographic information system data data through an Agent-based simulation, we have created a simulation model of pathogen transmission among macaques on Bali, Indonesia. We specifically study the effects of landscape on host and parasite dynamics.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0639787. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Development of this model was also made possible through partial support from the University of Notre Dame Center for Research Computing and the Leakey Foundation.