The Decision-Maker
• Microbe
Public
Decision-Maker
• What should the decision-maker do?
– What do they tend to do?
– What are the common pitfalls? Why?
What do the models need?
• Issues to add
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More accurate person-person interactions
Motivations and resultant behaviors
Economics
Social Stigmata
Loss of Freedoms
Mental Health
• Important to distinguish Input/Output
Example
• Sensor placement
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Positive reading - now what???
How will the decision-maker respond?
How will public respond to false positive?
How bad will a missed/delayed reading be?
How can we be more effective?
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Better communication
Multi-discipline Post-docs
Sabbatical/Mid-career retraining
Modular design of models
– Multiple labs
There is an important distinction between
social scientists helping
modelers improve their models and
modelers helping social
scientists test their predictions.
Future Meetings
• Precise definitions & measurement of
social-scientific concepts
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Panic
Peer Pressure
Motivation
Behavioral Responses
Economics
Stigmatization