Argonne simulates zombie virus outbreak

Argonne researcher Chick Macal and his team spend their days building mathematical models to simulate the spread of disease, like flu, Ebola and MRSA, through populations. This helps officials and policymakers address ongoing crises and prepare for potential ones. But this fall, we asked them to put a different virus through their models. The new research question: How vulnerable is Chicago to the Zombie Apocalypse? And more importantly: What could we do to stop it? Here’s one model, above. In this base c