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If Smallpox Strikes Portland ... ( Preview )

"Episims" unleashes virtual plagues in real cities to see how social networks spread disease. That knowledge might help stop epidemics

By Chris L. Barrett, Stephen G. Eubank and James P. Smith   

 
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