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# ASPICS – RAMP-UA/EcoTwins + Rust
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This is an implementation of a [microsimulation model for epidimics](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277953621007930) called ASPICS (Agent-based Simulation of ePIdemics at Country Scale).