Monitoring ‘Human Factors’ To Create Pandemic Warning System

Researchers are proposing a new system that would warn of an impending pandemic before the first case of disease emerged in a given population by detecting subtle signals in human behavior. “The goal is a public information and awareness system for pandemic with the same level of credibility, timeliness and visibility as storm-warning icons presented on television screens,” said Barrett Caldwell, a Purdue University associate professor of industrial engineering.

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Filed under: Conferences on May 18th, 2009