Table 5. Calibrated model parameters from the data inputs listed in Table 4.
k | q | Breakpoint | |||||
Extended MacDonald MWB modelemploying NB distribution | 2.3 | 3.27 | .14 | 1.37 | .057 | ||
Simple MacDonald MWB model | 1.5 | 3.27 | |||||
SWB model with mating | 6 | 3.27 | .9 | 1.8 | .08 | ||
Simple SWB model | 1.7 | 3.27 | .51 |
(abbreviations: MWB, mean worm burden; NB, negative binomial;, SWB, stratified worm burden. Details of calibration approach are given in S5 Appendix in S1 Text. SWB systems have increment . For MacDonald systems, .