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MODELLING AN HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC WITH DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM PROGRAMMING

Dimane Mpoeleng


This paper presents the application of distributed systems high performance cluster in modelling the spread of HIV in a given population. A population of a complex ecosystem such as a community of sexually related individuals has been modelled around distributed objects. An object modelled one individual and its communication with other objects represents social interaction between individuals. This research focuses on the heterosexual transmission of HIV and uses the probability of infection as determine