Simulations, Applications, and the Challenge for Public Health

Much of trajectory analysis currently exists at the theoretical and modeling/simulation stage. NetLogo and other simulation programs for Agent Based Models (ABM) utilize differential equations to model real-world processes. They can be used for theory development and testing in comparison to natural systems. Combined with statistical methods and trajectory analysis, they can validate health models for a tremendous variety of situations and conditions, measuring the causative driving and dissipative forces for processes that can inform medical and health interventions.