Skip to main content

Table 1 The parameter space of opinion dynamics submodel

From: How individuals’ opinions influence society’s resistance to epidemics: an agent-based model approach

Parameter Description

Notation

Range

Granularity

Mean of the initial opinions on intervention1

\(O_1\)

[0.10, 0.90]

0.010

Variance of the initial opinions on intervention1

\(O_2\)

[0.01, 0.08]

0.010

Mean of the usage for the pro-intervention channel1

\(O_3\)

[0.50, 0.85]

0.010

Variance of the usage for the pro-intervention channel1

\(O_4\)

[0.01, 0.12]

0.010

Level of homophily in the opinion network2

\(O_5\)

[1.0, 8.0]

0.500

Response time of channels to disease spread

\(O_6\)

[0, 200]

1.000

Uncertainty of the pro-intervention channel’s message3

\(O_7\)

[0.05, 0.25]

0.001

Individual agents’ initial uncertainty3

\(O_8\)

[0.50, 1.50]

0.001

Convergence rate: individual’s opinion3

\(O_9\)

[0.15, 0.25]

0.001

Convergence rate: individual’s uncertainty3

\(O_{10}\)

[0.15, 0.25]

0.001

  1. Remarks: 1Beta distribution; 2SDA model; 3RA model [17]