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Function to make convenient default parameters for an SIR epidemic model as implemented in epidemics::sir_desolve().

Usage

make_parameters_SIR_epidemic(beta = 1, gamma = 0.1)

Arguments

beta

The rate of transmission \(\beta\).

gamma

The rate of recovery of infected individuals \(\gamma\).

Value

A list of SIR model parameters, which are suitable as arguments to epidemics::sir_desolve().

Examples

make_parameters_SIR_epidemic()
#> $times
#>   [1]   0   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17
#>  [19]  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  35
#>  [37]  36  37  38  39  40  41  42  43  44  45  46  47  48  49  50  51  52  53
#>  [55]  54  55  56  57  58  59  60  61  62  63  64  65  66  67  68  69  70  71
#>  [73]  72  73  74  75  76  77  78  79  80  81  82  83  84  85  86  87  88  89
#>  [91]  90  91  92  93  94  95  96  97  98  99 100
#> 
#> $init
#>    S    I    R 
#> 0.99 0.01 0.00 
#> 
#> $parms
#>  beta gamma 
#>   1.0   0.1 
#>