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EpiFire: An open source C++ library and application for contact network epidemiology
Thomas Hladish1, Eugene Melamud, Luis Alberto Barrera
1Section of Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA. tjhladish@utexas.edu
BMC Bioinformatics
|May 8, 2012
Summary
EpiFire is a new open-source software tool for creating and analyzing epidemiological contact networks. It enables fast simulations of disease transmission, aiding in public health research and education.
Area of Science:
- Computational epidemiology
- Network science
Background:
- Epidemiological contact network models are increasingly used.
- A flexible programming framework for generating, analyzing, and simulating disease transmission on these networks is lacking.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present EpiFire, a novel software framework for epidemiological contact network modeling and simulation.
Main Methods:
- EpiFire is an applications programming interface (API) and graphical user interface (GUI) implemented in C++.
- It includes a fast library for network generation, analysis, and manipulation.
- Supports network-based (percolation, chain-binomial) and non-network (mass-action) disease transmission simulations.
Main Results:
- EpiFire facilitates rapid development of network models for contact network epidemiology.
- Enables generation of networks, epidemic simulations, and figure creation through a point-and-click interface.
Conclusions:
- EpiFire offers an open-source solution for network modeling in epidemiology.
- Serves as a valuable pedagogical tool for understanding epidemic simulations and network analysis.
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