Agent-based models (ABMs) are one of the main sources of evidence for decisions regarding mitigation and suppression measures against the spread of SARS-CoV-2. These models have not been previously included in the hierarchy of evidence put forth by the evidence-based medicine movement, which prioritizes those research methods that deliver results less susceptible to the risk of confounding. We point out the need to assess the quality of evidence delivered by ABMs and ask the question of what is the risk that assumptions entertained in ABMs do not include all the key factors and make model predictions susceptible to the problem of confounding.

• Klíčová slova
• Agent-based models, EBM, SARS-CoV-2,
• MeSH
• COVID-19 epidemiologie   MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• pandemie * MeSH
• SARS-CoV-2 fyziologie   MeSH
• systémová analýza * MeSH
• teoretické modely MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH