“Wrong, but Useful”: Negotiating Uncertainty in Infectious Disease Modelling

Robert M. Christley; Maggie Mort; Brian Wynne; Jonathan M. Wastling; A. Louise Heathwaite; Roger Pickup; Zoë Austin; Sophia M. Latham

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0076277

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“Wrong, but Useful”: Negotiating Uncertainty in Infectious Disease Modelling

Robert M. Christley ,

* E-mail: robc@liverpool.ac.uk

Affiliations Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Neston, Cheshire, United Kingdom, National Consortium for Zoonosis Research, Neston, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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Maggie Mort,

Affiliation Department of Sociology and School of Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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Brian Wynne,

Affiliation Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics, Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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Jonathan M. Wastling,

Affiliation Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Neston, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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A. Louise Heathwaite,

Affiliation Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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Roger Pickup,

Affiliation Biomedical and Life Sciences Division, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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Zoë Austin,

Current address: Environment Department, University of York, York, United Kingdom

Affiliation Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
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Sophia M. Latham

Affiliations Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Neston, Cheshire, United Kingdom, National Consortium for Zoonosis Research, Neston, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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“Wrong, but Useful”: Negotiating Uncertainty in Infectious Disease Modelling

Robert M. Christley,
Maggie Mort,
Brian Wynne,
Jonathan M. Wastling,
A. Louise Heathwaite,
Roger Pickup,
Zoë Austin,
Sophia M. Latham

Published: October 16, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0076277

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