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Table 6 Parameters explanation

From: Influences on influenza transmission within terminal based on hierarchical structure of personal contact network

Symbol

Name

Value

Source

f(t)

Transmission probability density function

-

Calculated by Eq. (3)

t

Valid contact time

- /min

Social relation pattern

β i

Infection rate of different immunity phase

β1 = 37.56%, β2 = 8.37%, β3 = 16.25%

Dr. Huang SQ’s doctoral dissertation

F(t)

Probability distribution function

-

Calculated by Eq. (4)

α

Layer of hierarchical network

0, 1, 2, 3

Structure of personal contact network

n

Node number

-

Structure of personal contact network

{n i }

Set of all unit model

-

Structure of personal contact network

C

Clustering coefficient

0 ~ 1

Figure 5 (b)

M

Number of basic unit model

-

Calculated by Eq. (5)

N

Number of nodes in a personal contact network

-

Structure of personal contact network

n 0

Number of nodes in all the unit models

-

Structure of personal contact network

W

Newly constructed network

-

Calculated by Eq. (6)

U

All nodes in network

-

Calculated by Eq. (6)

V

All edges in network

-

Calculated by Eq. (6)

u i

Node set in a unit model i

-

Structure of personal contact network

v i

Edge set in a unit model i

-

Structure of personal contact network

v new

Newly added edges

-

Structure of personal contact network

n x

Number of unit models that compose the higher layer network

-

Structure of personal contact network

F(y)

Probability distribution function of adding new edge

-

Calculated by Eq. (7)

d i

Actual degree of individual i in layer α

-

Characteristic of network and structure of personal contact network

d i max

Maximum degree of links that individual i owns in layer α − 1

-

Characteristic of network and structure of personal contact network

l

Spatial distances

0 ~ 0.55, 0.55 ~ 0.8, 0.8 ~ 1.2, 1.2 ~ 3.6

Social relation pattern

ω

Intimate relationships

2.6, 1.8, 1.5, 0

Social relation pattern

p(k)

Degree distribution

10−6 ~ 10−1

Figure 5 (a)