How to develop more resilient hospitals through agent-based modelling

Kangkang Tang; Bing Chen

doi:10.1680/jcien.21.00049

How to develop more resilient hospitals through agent-based modelling

Kangkang Tang^*, Bing Chen

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Urban Planning and Design

Brunel University London

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Abstract

Fully functioning hospitals are the backbone of society. The current design of hospitals in the UK and elsewhere tends to over-emphasise empirical knowledge and experimental research, but limits their ability to cope with new infectious diseases and increasing global connectedness. For example, around one-fifth of UK Covid-19 cases, including the majority of infected hospital healthcare workers, were infected in hospitals. This paper discusses a new agent-based modelling approach to developing more flexible and efficient hospital layouts that are better able to control the spread of infectious disease.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27-32
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Civil Engineering
Volume	175
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1680/jcien.21.00049
Publication status	Published - Feb 2022

Keywords

Agent-based modelling
Building information modelling (BIM)
Design methods & aids
Infectious disease epidemiology
Modelling
Resilient hospital
Sars-Cov-2

UN SDGs

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How to develop more resilient hospitals through agent-based modelling

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