Paper Info
Title
An agent-based model of the Anopheles gambiae mosquito life cycle
Abstract
Anopheles gambiae is the primary mosquito species that serves as a vector for the transmission of the Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite among humans in malaria endemic areas. This paper introduces an agent-based model representing the Anopheles gambiae mosquito life cycle and its C++ implementation called AGiLESim. This model explicitly simulates the eight distinct stages in the Anopheles gambiae mosquito life cycle and handles female and male mosquitoes in the aquatic and adult phases individually. In this paper, we discuss the daily mortality rate and the mosquito development time at each stage, and the oviposition rule that guides egglaying behavior of gravid adult female mosquito agents. In the implementation section, we illustrate the framework of our C++ software architecture. Finally, sensitivity analysis of the three key parameters, the initial mosquito abundance, the adult daily mortality rate, and the daily temperature, used in our model is given.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2010
SummerSim
mosquito development time,male mosquito,initial mosquito abundance,adult phase,agent-based model,anopheles gambiae,adult daily mortality rate,anopheles gambiae mosquito life,primary mosquito species,female mosquito agent,habitat,oviposition,c
Field
DocType
Citations 
Transmission (mechanics),Agent-based model,Computer science,Real-time computing,Plasmodium falciparum,Malaria,Anopheles gambiae,Zoology,Parasite hosting
Conference
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.89
2
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ying Zhou1394.81
S. M. Niaz Arifin21228.12
James Gentile3243.72
Steven J. Kurtz470.89
Gregory J. Davis5275.31
Barbara A. Wendelberger670.89