
During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have struggled to devise strategies to slow down the spread of the virus. This struggle happens because pandemics are complex scenarios with many unknown variables. In this context, simulated models are used to evaluate strategies for mitigating this and future pandemics. In this paper, we propose a simulator that analyses small communities by using real geographical data to model the road interactions and the agent's behaviors. Our simulator consists of three different modules: Environment, Mobility, and Infection module. The environment module recreates an area based on map data, including houses, restaurants, and roads. The mobility module drives the agents to move in the map based on their work schedule and needs, such as eating at restaurants, doing groceries, and going to work. The infection module simulates four cases of infection: on the road, at home, at a building, and off the map. We simulate the surrounding areas of a university campus. We design four intervention strategies and compare them to a scenario without any intervention. The interventions are: 1) PCR testing and self-isolation if positive; 2) reducing working hours at barbershops and restaurants; 3) closing barbershops and restaurants; 4) closing grocery stores and restaurants and providing delivery instead. For all scenarios, we observe the two types of areas where most infection happens: hubs, where people from different occupations can meet (e.g., restaurants); and non-hubs, where people with the same occupation meet (e.g., offices). The simulations show that all interventions reduce the total number of infected agents by a large margin. We observed that interventions targeting hubs (2-4) did not impact the infection at non-hubs. In addition, the intervention targeting people's behavior (1) ended up creating a cluster at the testing center.

Using Agent-Based Simulator to Assess Interventions Against COVID-19 in a Small Community Generated from Map Data


**Session Chair:** <br><br> Toshiharu Sugawara

Oral Session 2B4-2

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AAMAS (International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems) is the largest and most influential conference in the area of agents and multiagent systems. The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners in all areas of agent technology and to provide a single, high-profile, internationally renowned forum for research in the theory and practice of autonomous agents and multiagent systems. AAMAS is the flagship conference of the non-profit International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS).

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Using Agent-Based Simulator to Assess Interventions Against COVID-19 in a Small Community Generated from Map Data