Epidemic Modeling
SIR Modeling The SIR classical model is mainly used in the field of infectious diseases to predict future trends in the number of infections. S[t] denotes susceptible susceptible population I[t] denotes infected population already infected R[t] indicates recovered recovered population Reference: MathWorld: SIR Model Kermack-McKendrick Model Kermack-McKendrick Model The original Kermack-McKendrick model was designed to account for changes in the number of people infected over time, like the plague that occurred in 1665-1666 and the cholera that occurred in 1865. The model assumes that the total population is fixed, that the incubation period for infectious diseases is instantaneous, that the duration of infection is the same as the disease cycle, and that the population is assumed to be non-differentiable, without differences by gender or race. ...