DSAIDE (version 0.8.3)

simulate_heterogeneity_ode: Simulation of a compartmental infectious disease transmission model with 2 types of hosts

Description

This model allows for the simulation of an ID with 2 types of hosts

Usage

simulate_heterogeneity_ode(
  S1 = 1000,
  I1 = 1,
  S2 = 1000,
  I2 = 0,
  b11 = 0.01,
  b12 = 0,
  b21 = 0,
  b22 = 0,
  g1 = 1,
  g2 = 1,
  w1 = 0,
  w2 = 0,
  tmax = 120
)

Arguments

S1

: initial number of susceptible type 1 hosts : numeric

I1

: initial number of infected type 1 hosts : numeric

S2

: initial number of susceptible type 2 hosts : numeric

I2

: initial number of infected type 2 hosts : numeric

b11

: rate of transmission from infected type 1 host to susceptible type 1 host : numeric

b12

: rate of transmission from infected type 1 host to susceptible type 2 host : numeric

b21

: rate of transmission from infected type 2 host to susceptible type 1 host : numeric

b22

: rate of transmission from infected type 2 host to susceptible type 2 host : numeric

g1

: the rate at which infected type 1 hosts recover : numeric

g2

: the rate at which infected type 2 hosts recover : numeric

w1

: the rate at which type 1 host immunity wanes : numeric

w2

: the rate at which type 2 host immunity wanes : numeric

tmax

: maximum simulation time, units of months : numeric

Value

This function returns the simulation result as obtained from a call to the deSolve ode solver.

Warning

This function does not perform any error checking. So if you try to do something nonsensical (e.g. any negative values or fractions > 1), the code will likely abort with an error message.

Details

A compartmental ID model with several states/compartments is simulated as a set of ordinary differential equations. The function returns the output from the odesolver as a matrix, with one column per compartment/variable. The first column is time.

References

See e.g. Keeling and Rohani 2008 for SIR models and the documentation for the deSolve package for details on ODE solvers

See Also

The UI of the Shiny app 'Host Heterogeneity', which is part of this package, contains more details on the model.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
  # To run the simulation with default parameters just call the function:
  result <- simulate_heterogeneity_ode()
  # To choose parameter values other than the standard one, specify them like such:
  result <- simulate_heterogeneity_ode(S1 = 100, S2 = 1e3, b11 = 0.7, tmax = 100)
  # You should then use the simulation result returned from the function, like this:
  plot(result$ts[,"time"],result$ts[,"S1"],xlab='Time',ylab='Number Susceptible 1',type='l')
# }