Table 1 Individual and contact location attributes
From: Economic analysis of pandemic influenza mitigation strategies for five pandemic severity categories
Agents/Objects | Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Individual | The individual is the primary agent entity in the model. Each individual has an age, a household, a (possible) daytime hub, an activity state, a current infection state, and time-of-infection (when infected) that explicitly tracks the progression of the infectious disease. Individuals move between different locations at different time periods, making contacts with other individuals. | |||
Locations | Description | When contact occurs | Who participates in contact | Average number of contacts |
Household | Each household is made up from a certain number of individuals following census data, spatially located. | Every day during Day and Night cycle. | Members of each household | Average household size is 2.54 individual |
Childcare | Child care and pre-schools; number and size determined from local government data. | Weekdays during Day cycle. | Child (age 0–4) and adult (worker) individuals who are allocated into the hub if they are active*. | Maximum group size is 10. |
School | Primary and secondary schools; number, size and age structure determined from state education department data. | Weekdays during Day cycle. | Child (ages 5–17) and adult (teacher) individuals who are allocated into the hub if they are active*. | Maximum group size is 10. |
Adult education | Tertiary and vocational education institutions, number and size determined from state education department data. | Weekdays during Day cycle. | Young adult and adult individuals who are allocated into the hub if they are active*. | Maximum group size is 10. |
Workplace | Number and size of determined for local government business survey data. | Weekdays during Day cycle. | Adult individuals who are allocated into the hub if they are active*. | Maximum group size is 10. |
Community | Represents all contact between individuals in the community that is not repeated on a daily basis. | Everyday during Day cycle. | All individuals make contacts if they are active*, contact is random but weighted towards pairs with nearby household locations. | 4 contacts for each individual (2 if community contact reduction is in effect) |