Since EMOD is a stochastic model, you must run numerous realizations of each scenario in order to collect proper statistics. You will likely need a high performance computing (HPC) platform to run these simulations. We support SLURM-based HPC as well as a large VM using our Container Platform (see below).
To get started using EMOD-HIV, please see the documentation at:
https://emod-hub.github.io/emodpy-workflow/tutorials/get_started/
emodpy-workflow is the main tool for running and configuring EMOD-HIV and these tutorials will show you how easy it is.
The following link will show you how to run a simple example of EMOD-Malaria on GitHub Codespaces.
https://github.com/EMOD-Hub/emodpy-malaria/blob/main/getting_started.md
The Container Platform uses the Docker container to allow you to run EMOD on different platforms. Via this tool, you can run EMOD on your Windows, Linux, or Mac laptop. This can be great for trying things out, but you will likely need something with more memory and CPU-cores in order run enough simulations. This usually requires the need of a SLURM-based HPC, but the Container Platform could allow you to use a large Virtual Machine. The link below provides more information:
https://github.com/InstituteforDiseaseModeling/idmtools/tree/main/idmtools_platform_container