Agent_Zero and Cognitive Epidemiology

titleAgent_Zero and Cognitive Epidemiology
start_date2023/10/13
schedule14h30-16h30
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location_infoSalle A4-32 en mode hybride
summaryClassical mathematical epidemiology excludes behavioral adaptation, which has shaped pandemics from the 1918 Flu, to COVID. Endogenous multiple waves in particular are mathematically precluded by the classical differential equations. In Epstein’s Coupled Contagion framework, the disease and fear of the disease are both contagious and interact to produce endogenous waves. In Triple Contagion: A Two Fears Epidemic Model, there is also fear of the vaccine, resulting in richer dynamics, where waves grow in amplitude. An Agent_Zero version with fear, distrust of government, and psychic numbing produces spatio-temporal wave dynamics. Applications to financial panics and crashes are discussed.
responsiblesVignes, Berestycki, Nadal