Journal of Computational Environmental Sciences
Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 518053, 8 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/518053
Research Article
Dynamic Cellular Automata Based Epidemic Spread Model for Population in Patches with Movement
1MITS University, Lakshmangarh, Rajasthan 332311, India
2SDM College of Engineering, Hubli-Dharwad, Karnataka 580002, India
Received 19 October 2013; Revised 25 December 2013; Accepted 29 December 2013; Published 12 February 2014
Academic Editor: Arash Massoudieh
Copyright © 2014 Senthil Athithan et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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