PANDEMIC BUSINESS IMPACT MODELER

The Pandemic Business Impact Modeler is a simulation tool for assisting leaders of global organizations in as sessing the business impact of a potential pandemic on thei r organization. This tool is unique in that it integrates t raditional epidemiological simulation with supply chain simulation, allowing users to quantify the impact of a potenti al pandemic outbreak on business operations and performance. By providing this crucial link between disease dynamics and business dynamics, this tool can aid decisions relating to pandemic preparedness. In this paper, we provide a detailed description of our simulation tool and use it to perform an experimental study of the effectiveness of various mitigation strategies for a fictitious global e nterprise.

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