Emulation of epidemics via Bluetooth-based virtual safe virus spread: Experimental setup, software, and data

• Published in: PLOS digital health Vol. 1; no. 12; p. e0000142
• Main Authors: Asanjarani, Azam, Shausan, Aminath, Chew, Keng, Graham, Thomas, Henderson, Shane G, Jansen, Hermanus M, Short, Kirsty R, Taylor, Peter G, Vuorinen, Aapeli, Yadav, Yuvraj, Ziedins, Ilze, Nazarathy, Yoni
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.12.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Computer and Information Sciences; Contact tracing; COVID-19; Engineering and Technology; Epidemics; Medicine and Health Sciences; Pandemics; Research and Analysis Methods; Science Policy; New Zealand

We describe an experimental setup and a currently running experiment for evaluating how physical interactions over time and between individuals affect the spread of epidemics. Our experiment involves the voluntary use of the Safe Blues Android app by participants at The University of Auckland (UoA)...