Introduction: Life-Cycles of Models

Abstract

The use of mathematical models has increased and become more common in public health, recently. Along with monitoring activities, public health officials work with modellers in order to organise and analyse surveillance data, for example. In order to learn of the severity and spread of a pandemic outbreak, we can study different predictive scenarios. Mansnerus introduces us to the lives of models in both public health and other fields. She discusses how modelling has gained a dominance in current scientific research and policy-making.