Spreading like a plague-- inside World of Warcraft
This is an interesting way to study disease by watching a plague spread through Warcraft. Has anyone been playing lately that got the disease or fought it off? What was it like to be in-world when the disease was raging?
For example, it would be unethical to release an infectious disease in real life in order to study what the consequences might be.
Computer models allow for experimentation on virtual populations without such limitations, but still rely on mathematical rules to approximate human behaviour.
A virtual world may be a way to bridge this gap, said Professor Fefferman.Source: news.bbc.co.uk
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