Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model of an epidemic: "Flattening the Curve"
Model is based on the SIR model presented in "Modeling the Environment" by Andrew Ford
Implementation by: Alexander Brown, for facilitating modeling discussions in ES103: Systems 1 and ME352: Dynamics of Physical Systems
Department of Mechanical Engineering; Lafayette College, Easton, PA
email: brownaa@lafayette.edu
Contacts per day per infected person (before intervention)
Fraction of dangerous contacts resulting in infection:
Duration for which the infected are both infected and contagious.
Days after first case until Intervention (social distancing/quarantine)
Intervention cuts both contacts/day and transmissibility by this percent:
Visitors: