Pandemic Simulator: An Agent-Based Framework with Human Behavior Modeling for Pandemic-Impact Assessment to Build Sustainable Communities
, Yasiru Ranasinghe 3, Gayanthi Ilangarathna 4, Neranjan Senarath 2, Bhagya Samarakoon 2, Roshan Godaliyadda 2, Vijitha Herath 2, Parakrama Ekanayake 2, Janaka Ekanayake 2, Muthucumaru Maheswaran 5, Sandya Theminimulle 6, Anuruddhika Rathnayake 7, Samath Dharmaratne 7, Mallika Pinnawala 8, Sakunthala Yatigammana 8 and Ganga Tilakaratne 9
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Title: It’s better to avoid abbreviations / acronyms in title
Introduction:
· Describe PDSIM, how it can help to improve responses to crises and mitigate negative effects of outbreak/ pandemic
· Clearly describe General and Specific objectives of the study
Materials and Methods:
· This section needs improvement, describe study population, agent in PDSIM represents one person
· Explain the properties of the population and analysis of problem
Results and discussion:
· Summarize important findings obtained through simulation and compare the disease spread within the populations
Conclusion:
· Restate your research problem, summarize the main points and state the significance of your results
· Mention the limitation of your study
Weligampola, H.; Ramanayake, L.; Ranasinghe, Y.; Ilangarathna, G.; Senarath, N.; Samarakoon, B.; Godaliyadda, R.; Herath, V.; Ekanayaka, P.; Ekanayake, J.; Maheswaran, M.; Theminimulle, S.; Rathnayake, A.; Dharmarathne, S.; Pinnawala, M.; Ekanayake, S.Y.; Thilakaratne, G. PDSIM: An Agent-Based Framework with Human Behavior Modeling for Pandemic Impact Assessment to Build Sustainable Communities. Preprints.org 2023, 2023051783. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202305.1783.v1
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Reviewer 2 Report
This is a well written paper. A minor concern is, where is section 1.2?
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Reviewer 3 Report
While the article is interesting, it needs numerous improvements. I have listed the most important ones below:
(1) The introduction is too general (especially lines 29-57). Please add more publications to support your claims.
(2) Verse 236 - please add how many types of localizations there are in model.
(3) Chapter 3.3.2 - please describe the hierarchical modeling in more detail (e.g. how many groups are there at the Urban zone level, how many at the commercial sector level, etc.). Maybe add a table with these numeric values?
(4) Chapter 3.6.2 - can I ask for a more detailed description (this seems too general to me)?
(5) Chapter 5 - I miss in this chapter a clear articulation of the limitations of using the PDSIM model (and there are such)
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