Fig. 1.

(a) Methods for detrending implemented for the SIS model. Left: detrending by calculating the mean over a window for one realisation (Windowed Detrending, as seen in Fig. 2 (b)). Right: detrending calculated over a subset of multiple realisations (simulation detrending, as seen in Fig. 2 (c) and (d)). (b) Methods for detrending and calculating the variance over M² subpopulations, each with population size of $N_M=N/M^2$. This was implemented in Fig. 3. Each method was calculated over multiple realisations to assess the mean behaviour.