Navavat PipatsartCharin ModchangWannapong TriampoSomkid AmornsamankulSouth Carolina Commission on Higher EducationMahidol University2019-08-232019-08-232018-10-01International Journal of Simulation: Systems, Science and Technology. Vol.19, No.5 (2018), 11.1-11.81473804X147380312-s2.0-85056378890https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/45561© 2018, UK Simulation Society. All rights reserved. Network based models (NBMs) are representations that reduce real world systems to abstract or graphic structures. In this work we used a NBM to investigate infectious disease spread in a macroalgae system. We demonstrated how the NBM could be used in this biological system by formulating the model and analyzing the results. We generated results for various scenarios and compared them with those of the conventional SIR model. The results provide information that at least in principle may be beneficial to algae infectious disease control, intervention or prevention.Mahidol UniversityComputer ScienceMathematicsArticleSCOPUS10.5013/IJSSST.a.19.05.11