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. 2023 May 18;74:106807. doi: 10.1016/j.jobe.2023.106807

Table 3.

Parameters for the agent-based indoor SARS-CoV-2 transmission model.

Model parameter Value (s)/Distribution Reference (s)
Human-related parameters
Expectoration height 1.7 m [44]
Interaction intensity (A) 2000 N/m [74]
Interaction range (B) 0.5 m [75]
Relaxation time (Tα) 0.5 s [75]
Expected speed (ve) ve ∼ N (1.29, 0.262) m/s [76]
Pedestrian mass (mi) mi ∼ N (65, 52) kg [77]
Anisotropy index (λi) 0 [77]
Cough frequency 0.19 coughs/min [45,46]
Inhalation rate 0.023 m3 air/min [55,56]
Virus-related parameters
Droplets number (Dn) ln Dn ∼ N (9.7 × 105, (3.9 × 105)2)/expectoration [33,49]
Droplets spread angle-coughing (ωcoughing) 35° [53,54]
Droplets spread angle-not coughing (ωnot-coughing) 63.5° [53,54]
Droplets spread distance-coughing (Dd-coughing) Dd-coughing ∼ N (5, 0.2562) m [51]
Droplets spread distance-not coughing (Dd-not-coughing) Dd-not-coughing ∼ N (0.55, 0.0682) m [52]
Viruses density in droplets (ρvirus) 2.35 × 109 viruses/mL [58,59]
Transfer efficiency from surfaces to hands (Tsh) 3 × 10−3 [56,60,61]
Transfer efficiency from hands to facial membranes (Thf) 0.35 [62]
Hand surface area (Ahand) 10 cm2 [62]
Touch frequency with counter surface (Fsh) 0.2 times/min [64,65]
Touch frequency with target facial membranes (Fhf) 1.6 × 10−1 times/min [66,67]
Viruses' decay rate in the air 1.27 × 10−4/sec [25,69]
Viruses' decay rate on the plastic 2.04 × 10−5/sec [25,70]
Viruses' decay rate on the steel 2.47 × 10−5/sec [25,70]
Infection risk of a single virion (k) 4.1 × 102 [72]
Diffusion rate 1.5 × 10−3 m3/min [68]
Building-related parameters
Size of spatial cell 0.5 m × 0.5 m