Project Plan For Spatio-Temporal Epidemiological Modeler, version 1.0
Introduction
The Spatiotemporal Epidemiological Modeler (STEM) tool is designed to help scientists and public health officials create and use
spatial and temporal models of emerging infectious diseases. These models could aid in understanding, and potentially preventing,
the spread such diseases.
Release Deliverables
STEM is delivered as an Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) application runnable on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X platforms. It
requires a Java 5 or later JVM. The STEM application includes tools for designing, simulating, and analyzing epidemiological models.
STEM contains a wealth of prepackaged data in the form of existing disease models and simulations as well as geographic/demographic data for
the world.
Milestone M1: Implementation of the Automated Experiment. Batch simulation functionality that
automatically walks the parameters of a disease model to minimize the error
compared to a reference data set.
Milestone M2: General bug fixes and improvements to key denominator data
Correct discontinuity in transportation across physically adjacent regions when region areas
Validation and correction (as needed) for areas of administrative regions (Globally)
Validation and correction (as needed) for distribution of populations across subdivisions
Release 1.0.0: Including Example Scenarios at Continent and Super-Continent levels.
Release Milestones
The following is a preliminary timeline for the current STEM release cycle.
| M1 | 9/15/2009 | Milestone M1 |
| M2 | 10/16/2009 | Milestone M2 |
| 1.0.0 | 11/30/2009 | Release 1.0.0 |
Target Environments
STEM runs on Windows, Linux (32 and 64 bit), and Mac OS X platforms. It is built using Eclipse 3.5 It requires Java 5 or later.
Internationalization
STEM is currently English only, but supports international character sets.
Compatibility with Previous Releases
No previous releases available.
Themes and Priorities
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