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. 2020 Sep 10;15(9):e0238412. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238412

Table 1. Primary simulation parameters.

Parameter Description Value
Infection
Presymptomatic stage incubation period after exposure 1, 3, 5
Pathogen infection threshold amount of virus to become infected 25
Asymptomatic infection stage period of infection without symptoms 5, 8, 10
Symptomatic infection stage period of infection with symptoms 5, 8, 10
Chance symptomatic the probability an agent becomes symptomatic 0.25, 0.50, 0.75
Network
Number of nodes (N) number of agents 500
Average node degree (K) the average number of contact for agents 20
Rewiring probability probability each edge is rewired 0.05, 0.10, 0.25, 0.50
Initial outbreak size number of infected agents at the start of the run 5
Social Distance and Controls
Social distance probability the probability (out of 100) that an agent socially distances on a given day (reported as a percentage) 0, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90
Social distance threshold number of infected neighbors needed for an agent to social distance 1, 2, 4, 8
Viral shedding the amount of pathogen level that the infected agents shed 1%, 5%, 25%