A Discrete-Event, Simulated Social Agent-Based Network Transmission (DESSABNeT) model for communicable diseases: Method and validation using SARS-CoV-2 data in three large Australian cities

• Nicolas J. C. Stapelberg ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: chris.stapelberg@health.qld.gov.au

  Affiliations Gold Coast Health, Southport, Queensland, Australia, Bond University Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine, Robina, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2397-4337

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• Nicolas R. Smoll,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia, Central Queensland Public Health Unit, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

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• Marcus Randall,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bond University Business School, Robina, Queensland, Australia

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• Dinesh Palipana,

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gold Coast Health, Southport, Queensland, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9150-097X

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• Bryan Bui,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gold Coast Health, Southport, Queensland, Australia

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• Kristine Macartney,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance (NCIRS), Westmead New South Wales, Australia

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• Gulam Khandaker,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Central Queensland Public Health Unit, Central Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

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• Andre Wattiaux

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gold Coast Health, Southport, Queensland, Australia

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