Table 1. Summary of models for transmission of bluetongue virus between farms via dispersal of infectious vectors.

model	function	parameters	priors
diffusion	see Eq (5)	diffusion parameter (D)	Uniform(0,5) [34]
exponential kernel	K(x) = exp(−αx)	kernel parameter (α)	Exponential(0.06) [18]
Gaussian kernel	K(x) = exp(−αx2)	kernel parameter (α)	Exponential(0.0012) [18]
fat-tailed kernel	$K(x)=\frac{1}{1+{\left(\frac{x}{d_0}\right)}^{\alpha }}$	kernel power (α) distance scaling (d0)	Uniform(1,5) Exponential(10) [35]
stepped kernel	$K(x)=\{\begin{array}{c}1x\le d_0\\ {\left(\frac{x}{d_0}\right)}^{-\alpha }x>d_0\end{array}$	kernel power (α) distance parameter (d0)	Uniform(1,5) Exponential(10) [35]