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. 2021 Feb 23;6:461–473. doi: 10.1016/j.idm.2021.02.001

Table 2.

Parameter estimates based on the least square with constraints.

Parameters Definition Initial value Lower bound Upper bound Estimated value
E(0) Initial value of exposed but not quarantined population 200 50 1000 224.03
Is(0) Initial value of infected patients with symptoms 20 10 150 149.74
Ia(0) Initial value of infected patients with no symptoms 15 10 200 14.616
λ Transition rate from exposed and quarantined to susceptible 0.05 0.01 0.5 0.4975
μ Transition rate from exposed and not quarantined to susceptible 0.1 0.01 0.9 0.6328
c1(t) c10 Baseline contact rate of infected people with symptoms 1.5 0.5 5 1.8326
c1b Minimum contact rate of infected people with symptoms under control strategies 0.5 0.005 2 0.8401
r1 Denotes how an exponential decrease in the contact rate of infected people with symptoms is achieved 0.15 0.005 0.4 0.0742
c2(t) c20 Baseline contact rate of infected people without symptoms 3 0.5 10 3.2825
c2b Minimum contact rate of infected people without symptoms under control strategies 1 0.005 2 0.9444
r2 Denotes how an exponential decrease in the contact rate of infected people without symptoms is achieved 0.1 0.001 0.4 0.0010
q(t) q0 Baseline quarantine rate 0.1 0.01 0.2 0.0504
qm Maximum quarantine rate under control strategies 0.05 0.04 0.1 0.0536
r3 Denotes how an exponential increase in the quarantined rate is achieved 0.15 0.05 0.5 0.4998
σ Transition rate of exposed and not quarantined to infected 0.05 0.01 0.2 0.0722
β Infection rate of exposed quarantined patient 0.05 0.01 0.2 0.0100
ρ Probability of having symptoms for an infected patient 0.25 0.1 0.6 0.4835
γa Transition rate from infected patients with no symptoms to patients with symptoms or recovered 0.1 0.01 0.9 0.6361
δs(t) ϕs0 Baseline of the test rate of infected people with symptoms 0.0333 0.01 0.1429 0.0100
ϕsf Maximum of the test rate of infected people with symptoms 0.3333 0.0714 0.5 0.1197
r4 Denotes how an exponential increase in the test rate of infected people with symptoms is achieved 0.15 0.001 0.4 0.2803
δa(t) ϕa0 Baseline of the test rate of infected people without symptoms 0.0167 0.01 0.0714 0.0435
ϕaf Maximum of the test rate of infected people without symptoms 0.0714 0.0333 0.5 0.0334
r5 Denotes how an exponential decrease in the test rate of infected people without symptoms is achieved 0.05 0.0001 0.15 0.1282
γ1 Transition rate from confirmed cases quarantined at home to hospital or recovered 0.07 0.01 0.1429 0.1423
γ2 Transition rate from confirmed cases quarantined at hospital to recovered or death 0.05 0.01 0.1429 0.1428
ω2 Probability of infected patients without symptoms transit to have symptoms 0.1 0.05 0.5 0.3953
ω3 Probability of confirmed cases quarantined at home transit to be hospitalized 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.4998
ω5 The proportion of confirmed patients who are quarantined at home 0.85 0.7 0.9 0.7045
ω4(t) ω40 Baseline of the recovery rate of confirmed and hospitalized cases 0.85 0.85 0.99 0.8500
ω4b Maximum of the recovery rate of confirmed and hospitalized cases 0.92 0.92 0.96 0.9599
r6 Denotes how an exponential increase in the recovery rate of confirmed and hospitalized cases 0.08 0.01 0.1 0.0197