IBM's 'Weather Map' software may track disease paths
Software's tracking capability could mean more accurate tracking of the spread of diseases, and hence facilitate timeous countermeasures.
IBM's software can quickly create an epidemiological model for how an infectious disease, such as bird flu, is likely to geographically spread over time based on certain parameters including population, road maps, airport locations, travel patterns and bird migratory routes around the world.
Public health agencies and software developers in local communities can customize the models.
