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A friend who is a former epidemiologist, writing about some of his work in another place: > Also, mine is a SIRD model (guess what the D stands for). People di
by twic 7y ago
A friend who is a former epidemiologist, writing about some of his work in another place:
> Also, mine is a SIRD model (guess what the D stands for). People didn't use to include mortality in these because it depletes the population you are trying to simulate, but I've been able to run large enough numbers that you can include it as long as your disease is not too lethal ... and if it is that's also a result of sorts.
- TheGallopedHigh 7y agoDepends on the type of model, but death and birth and everything in between has been put into these models. Feel free to peruse any of the literature.