{ "cells": [ { "cell_type": "markdown", "metadata": {}, "source": [ "# hetGPy SIR Example\n", "\n", "This document walks through a two-dimenstional SIR example.\n", "\n", "### The SIR Simulation Model\n", "\n", "A Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model is a [canonical epidemiological compartmental model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compartmental_models_in_epidemiology). The core idea is that we can model the spread of an infectious disease by dividing the population into _compartments_ of those who have not had the disease (**S**), those who are infected (**I**) and those who have recovered (**R**), subject to infection rates $\\beta$ and recovery rates $\\gamma$:\n", "\n", "
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