BAM The Biological Attack Model (BAM) is a disease containment model designed to assist emergency responders (ER) and emergencies planners (EP) with the selection of the optimal quarantine and/or containment strategies to use in the event of a biological terrorist attack. The disease containment model is an extension of existing generic disease behaviour models and is designed to be used for viral pathogens such as Ebola, smallpox, or different strands of viral encephalitis that are transmitted from person to person.

BAM was developed in Spring 2007 as part of the OR680 capstone course for the Master's degree in Systems Engineeting and Operations Research at George Mason University.

The Biological Attack Model