The research and development process for multiscale models of infectious disease systems
Fig 3
The schematic diagram of the four-stage research and development process for multiscale models of infectious disease systems which are as follows.
Stage I: define the infectious disease problem to be addressed by multiscale modeling, Stage II: formulate the multiscale model of the infectious disease system, Stage III: assess the quality of the multiscale model of the infectious disease system, and Stage IV: use the multiscale model of the infectious disease system in decision support with four steps for each of the four stages. The arrows in this Figure indicate the iterative process of moving from one development stage of the multiscale model to another.