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Using system dynamics to support a functional exercise for pandemic preparedness and response

Published:2024-07 Issue:3 Volume:40 Page:
ISSN:0883-7066
Container-title:System Dynamics Review
language:en
Short-container-title:System Dynamics Review

Author:

Green Caroline¹²^ORCID,Beishuizen Berend³,Stein Mart³,Rovers Chantal P.⁴,Tostmann Alma⁵,de Jong Daan L. K.⁶,Houareau Claudia⁷,Perseke Knut⁸,Spieker Clara⁷,Grote Ulrike⁷,Csornai Patrick⁹,Tighe Carlos²,Hayes Conor¹²,Andrade Jair¹²^ORCID,Connolly Máire A.¹⁰,Duggan Jim¹²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Computer Science University of Galway Galway Ireland

2. Data Science Institute, Lower Dangan University of Galway Galway Ireland

3. Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) Bilthoven The Netherlands

4. Department of Internal Medicine Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen The Netherlands

5. Department of Medical Microbiology Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen The Netherlands

6. Consultancy Group Process Improvement and Implementation Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen The Netherlands

7. Department for Infectious Disease Epidemiology Robert Koch Institute (RKI) Berlin Germany

8. Method Development Research Infrastructure and Information Technology, Robert Koch Institute (RKI) Berlin Germany

9. Department of Enterprise Engineering Modus Create Cluj‐Napoca Romania

10. School of Health Sciences University of Galway Galway Ireland

Abstract

AbstractIn pandemic preparedness and response, a Functional Exercise (FX) is used to simulate a situation as close to a real‐life event as possible without the deployment of resources. Participants are drawn from public health emergency operations centres, and work through a scenario script to test possible responses to a novel pathogen outbreak. This paper summarises the role of system dynamics modelling in the design and implementation of a functional exercise, which involved the Dutch and German national public health institutes in March 2023. The findings confirm the value of the system dynamics method in integrating disease and hospital models, and also highlights how well the method aligns with modern software development processes. The paper concludes with a discussion of what worked well, and presents areas for future enhancements of management flight simulators to support functional exercises. © 2024 The Author(s). System Dynamics Review published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of System Dynamics Society.

Publisher

Wiley

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/sdr.1786

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