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. 2009 Sep 30;4(9):e7252. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007252

Table 1. Definitions of parameters manipulated in the model.

Parameter Definition
p0 Baseline (non-copycat) suicide rate
s Social influence, i.e. the increase in p0 in response to another agent committing suicide
q The magnitude of individual differences in suicide risk factors
h Homophily, i.e. the extent to which agents in the same group share risk factors
cp The probability that an agent is a prestigious “celebrity”
cs Prestige bias, i.e. the increase in p0 in response to the suicide of a prestigious “celebrity” (replaces s)
m Similarity bias, i.e. the number of binary risk factors (out of six) that a model and an observer must share in order for the former to exert social influence on the latter
r One-to-many transmission, i.e. the radius of the circular area around a suicide agent across which social influence is exerted