Energy plays a vital role in the world today, driving industry and allowing for technologies ingrained throughout the routines of daily life. The complex interactions, evolution, long time scales of change, and critical nature of the energy system makes modeling and analysis crucial to...

Due to the re-emergence of the H5N1 avian influenza virus in recent years, many public health experts believe that the world is closer to a pandemic event than at any time since the 1968 Hong Kong flu (H3N2) outbreak. Thus, governmental and private organizations have invested significant...