Epidemic View

The Epidemic View displays a dynamic collection of "simulation controls" that match the set of "active" Simulations. Each control shows the name of the Scenario and that status of the Simulation, including its "state" (either "Running" or "Paused"), the current "time" in the simulation, a progress bar. Each control also has five buttons that control the corresponding Simulation:

  1. "Run" Begin running the Simulation.
  2. "Pause" Pause the running of the Simulation. This maintains the current state of the simulation.
  3. "Reset" Reset all state information in the Simulation back to initial values and set the state of the Simulation to "Paused"
  4. "Step" Run the simulation for a single cycle and then set the state of the Simulation to "Paused"
  5. "Stop" Stop all execution of the Simulation and destroy all state information. The Simulation will be removed from the system.

 

To use the Epidemic view:

  1. Enter the Analysis Perspective
  2. Click on the Epidemic Tab
  3. Use the Select Folder button to chose the folder containing the epidemic data you wish to study. The files should have the following  format.
  4. Click Aggregate Data. This will automatically create two aggregated data files based on the data in the original scenario folder. These file names will appear in the
    text fields for Scenario Aggregate File and Scenario Incidence file.  The aggregated data will be written to the 'aggregate' and 'incidence' subfolders respectively
    (these will be created if they do not exist). The files will be named based on the input scenario folder. The aggregate data is the running integral or sum over time
    of all compartment data (S,E,I,R) over all locations in the input scenario folder. The incidence data contains differential data including incidence (new cases at time t),
    new births, deaths, etc. Incidence data will be estimated if it does not exist in the original scenario data files. Note, if you already have aggregate data you can also input
    these files manually.
  5. On the left hand side the Epidemic view will show the integrated state data (S,E,I,R, etc). Differential data will appear on the right hand chart. To toggle between linear
    and logarithmic scales or to change what variables are plotted just right click and use the custom dialog that will appear.