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Modelling transmission and control of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia by Chang, Sheryl L., Harding, Nathan, Zachreson, Cameron, Cliff, Oliver M., Prokopenko, Mikhail

“…There is a continuing debate on relative benefits of various mitigation and suppression strategies aimed to control the spread of COVID-19. Here we report the…”
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How will mass-vaccination change COVID-19 lockdown requirements in Australia? by Zachreson, Cameron, Chang, Sheryl L., Cliff, Oliver M., Prokopenko, Mikhail

“…Background To prevent future outbreaks of COVID-19, Australia is pursuing a mass-vaccination approach in which a targeted group of the population comprising…”
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Urbanization affects peak timing, prevalence, and bimodality of influenza pandemics in Australia: Results of a census-calibrated model by Zachreson, Cameron, Fair, Kristopher M, Cliff, Oliver M, Harding, Nathan, Piraveenan, Mahendra, Prokopenko, Mikhail

“…We examine salient trends of influenza pandemics in Australia, a rapidly urbanizing nation. To do so, we implement state-of-the-art influenza transmission and…”
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Simulating Transmission Scenarios of the Delta Variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Australia by Chang, Sheryl L, Cliff, Oliver M, Zachreson, Cameron, Prokopenko, Mikhail

“…An outbreak of the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant of SARS-CoV-2 that began around mid-June 2021 in Sydney, Australia, quickly developed into a nation-wide epidemic…”
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Minimising the Kullback–Leibler Divergence for Model Selection in Distributed Nonlinear Systems by Cliff, Oliver, Prokopenko, Mikhail, Fitch, Robert

“…The Kullback–Leibler (KL) divergence is a fundamental measure of information geometry that is used in a variety of contexts in artificial intelligence. We show…”
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Genome-wide networks reveal emergence of epidemic strains of Salmonella Enteritidis by Svahn, Adam J., Chang, Sheryl L., Rockett, Rebecca J., Cliff, Oliver M., Wang, Qinning, Arnott, Alicia, Ramsperger, Marc, Sorrell, Tania C., Sintchenko, Vitali, Prokopenko, Mikhail

“…•Investigated whole-genome network analysis to complement phylogenetic analysis•Covered Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis isolates over 2015-2019•Covered…”
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Inferring evolutionary pathways and directed genotype networks of foodborne pathogens by Cliff, Oliver M, McLean, Natalia, Sintchenko, Vitali, Fair, Kristopher M, Sorrell, Tania C, Kauffman, Stuart, Prokopenko, Mikhail

“…Modelling the emergence of foodborne pathogens is a crucial step in the prediction and prevention of disease outbreaks. Unfortunately, the mechanisms that…”
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A framework for considering the utility of models when facing tough decisions in public health: a guideline for policy-makers by Thompson, Jason, McClure, Roderick, Scott, Nick, Hellard, Margaret, Abeysuriya, Romesh, Vidanaarachchi, Rajith, Thwaites, John, Lazarus, Jeffrey V, Lavis, John, Michie, Susan, Bullen, Chris, Prokopenko, Mikhail, Chang, Sheryl L, Cliff, Oliver M, Zachreson, Cameron, Blakely, Antony, Wilson, Tim, Ouakrim, Driss Ait, Sundararajan, Vijay

“…Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the combined disciplines of public health, infectious disease and policy modelling squarely into the spotlight…”
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On the information-theoretic formulation of network participation by Cajic, Pavle, Agius, Dominic, Cliff, Oliver M, Shine, James M, Lizier, Joseph T, Fulcher, Ben D

“…Abstract The participation coefficient is a widely used metric of the diversity of a node’s connections with respect to a modular partition of a network. An…”
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Pangenome Analysis of a Salmonella Enteritidis Population Links a Major Outbreak to a Gifsy-1-Like Prophage Containing Anti-Inflammatory Gene gogB by Svahn, Adam J, Suster, Carl J E, Chang, Sheryl L, Rockett, Rebecca J, Sim, Eby M, Cliff, Oliver M, Wang, Qinning, Arnott, Alicia, Ramsperger, Marc, Sorrell, Tania C, Sintchenko, Vitali, Prokopenko, Mikhail

“…A major outbreak of the globally significant Salmonella Enteritidis foodborne pathogen was identified within a large clinical data set by a program of routine…”
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Dec-MCTS: Decentralized planning for multi-robot active perception by Best, Graeme, Cliff, Oliver M, Patten, Timothy, Mettu, Ramgopal R, Fitch, Robert

“…We propose a decentralized variant of Monte Carlo tree search (MCTS) that is suitable for a variety of tasks in multi-robot active perception. Our algorithm…”
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Investigating spatiotemporal dynamics and synchrony of influenza epidemics in Australia: An agent-based modelling approach by Cliff, Oliver M., Harding, Nathan, Piraveenan, Mahendra, Erten, E. Yagmur, Gambhir, Manoj, Prokopenko, Mikhail

“…In this paper we present AceMod, an agent-based modelling framework for studying influenza epidemics in Australia. The simulator is designed to analyse the…”
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Network properties of salmonella epidemics by Cliff, Oliver M., Sintchenko, Vitali, Sorrell, Tania C., Vadlamudi, Kiranmayi, McLean, Natalia, Prokopenko, Mikhail

“…We examine non-typhoidal Salmonella (S. Typhimurium or STM) epidemics as complex systems, driven by evolution and interactions of diverse microbial strains,…”
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Unifying pairwise interactions in complex dynamics by Cliff, Oliver M, Bryant, Annie G, Lizier, Joseph T, Tsuchiya, Naotsugu, Fulcher, Ben D

“…Scientists have developed hundreds of techniques to measure the interactions between pairs of processes in complex systems, but these computational…”
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Assessing the significance of directed and multivariate measures of linear dependence between time series by Cliff, Oliver M., Novelli, Leonardo, Fulcher, Ben D., Shine, James M., Lizier, Joseph T.

“…Inferring linear dependence between time series is central to our understanding of natural and artificial systems. Unfortunately, the hypothesis tests that are…”
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An Information Criterion for Inferring Coupling of Distributed Dynamical Systems by Cliff, Oliver M., Prokopenko, Mikhail, Fitch, Robert

“…The behaviour of many real-world phenomena can be modelled by nonlinear dynamical systems whereby a latent system state is observed through a filter. We are…”
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Evaluating techniques for learning a feedback controller for low-cost manipulators by Cliff, Oliver M., Sildomar, T., Monteiro

“…Robust manipulation with tractability in unstructured environments is a prominent hurdle in robotics. Learning algorithms to control robotic arms have…”
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On the information-theoretic formulation of network participation by Cajic, Pavle, Agius, Dominic, Cliff, Oliver M, Shine, James M, Lizier, Joseph T, Fulcher, Ben D

“…The participation coefficient is a widely used metric of the diversity of a node's connections with respect to a modular partition of a network. An…”
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How will mass-vaccination change COVID-19 lockdown requirements in Australia? by Zachreson, Cameron, Chang, Sheryl L, Cliff, Oliver M, Prokopenko, Mikhail

“…Background: To prevent future outbreaks of COVID-19, Australia is pursuing a mass-vaccination approach in which a targeted group of the population comprising…”
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Simulating transmission scenarios of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Australia by Chang, Sheryl L, Cliff, Oliver M, Zachreson, Cameron, Prokopenko, Mikhail

“…Frontiers in Public Health, 10 (2022) An outbreak of the Delta (B.1.617.2) variant of SARS-CoV-2 that began around mid-June 2021 in Sydney, Australia, quickly…”
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