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The problem is gaining traction because it was used in the Covid 19 sim that was publicly released recently https://github.com/mrc-ide/covid-sim/blob/master/REA
by Minor49er 7y ago
The problem is gaining traction because it was used in the Covid 19 sim that was publicly released recently
https://github.com/mrc-ide/covid-sim/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/mrc-ide/covid-sim/blob/master/README.md
There was even a thread about it that made its way to the front page of HN yesterday but was flagged without an explanation
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23109211 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23109211
- wetmore 7y agoI don't think they are very related.
- Minor49er 7y agoWhat else would cause the sudden interest?
- philipkglass 7y agoIt was announced on Twitter just a couple of days ago: https://twitter.com/keenanisalive/status/1258152669727899650 https://twitter.com/keenanisalive/status/1258152669727899650
- mkl 7y agoThis research would have been well underway before Covid-19 appeared. It's a very interesting area, and has been for a while. Just look at the neat pictures in the article! I did my PhD on mesh-free approximations in the 2000s, and this kind of research has been picking up steam for decades as people exhaust possibilities for meshing and gain computing power.