LEARN MISSIONmodels, assumptions, sensitivity, and validation
models, assumptions, sensitivity, and validation
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Disease spread assumptions
A simulation assumes each infected person contacts 8 people/day, transmission chance 5%, and infectious duration 5 days. Expected secondary cases are 8*0.05*5=2.
The estimate is a simplified reproduction value.
It assumes independent, constant contacts.
Behavior can change the parameters.
What does the model predict under its assumptions?