WAIFW matrix
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WAIFW matrix
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In infectious disease modelling, a who acquires infection from whom (WAIFW) matrix is a matrix that describes the rate of transmission of infection between different groups in a population, such as people of different ages. Used with an SIR model, the entries of the WAIFW matrix can be used to calculate the basic reproduction number using the next generation operator approach.
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Tool for modeling spread of disease
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAIFW_matrix
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2023-10-17T05:39:52Z
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