Project produced by: Chiu Wah Ngan.

Clustor automates input parameter variation and distributes processes automatically among a network of computers. This is particularly useful for multiple executions of tasks that are parameter intensive, ie. have many parameters or parameter variations.

Computer simulating model is an ideal approach to deal with a large number of parameters as well as high levels of variability without excessive simplification. The simulation model presented in this paper is tested on data from a cohort of injecting drug users and the result obtained are very encouraging from a public health perspective. The model clearly indicates that the rate at which HCV spreads through a population of injecting drug users is extremely sensitive to the interaction rate and to the probability of infecting through a single contact with an infective. At the same time it shows that the rate of spread is not very sensitive to initial prevalence, which is very encouraging from a public health prespective.
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