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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Sep 16.
Published in final edited form as: Math Biosci. 2006 Apr 24;202(2):269–287. doi: 10.1016/j.mbs.2006.03.012

Table 1.

Hypothetical parameter values for use in simulated decomposition scenario

Parameter Estimate
Hypothetical scenario
S(T) for adults Poisson distributed around a mean of 7.5 days
S(T) for children and elderly Poisson distributed around a mean of 5.5 days
I for adults 0.7
I for children 0.9
I for elderly 0.8
E(Town 1,4) 0.02
E(Town 2,6) 0.01
E(Town 3,8) 0.03
E(X,T) for all other towns and days 0
Town 1 ratio of adults to children to elderly 71:18:11
Town 2 ratio of adults to children to elderly 61:24:15
Town 3 ratio of adults to children to elderly 67:22:11
Total population town 1 560,000.00
Total population town 2 165,000.00
Total population town 3 90,000.00

The values used are assumed for purposes of demonstration and are not related to information about any particular disease.