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Modeling The Effect Of Human Behavior On Disease Transmission, Katie Yan

Mathematics and Statistics Theses

Many infectious disease models build upon the classical Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model. The SIR model is a compartmental model that is used to model disease transmission throughout a population. The SIR model and its variations often focus on the transmission of disease but rarely include behavioral or informational components that explore how the perception of a disease influences transmission. In this thesis we propose a six compartment SIR model that segments the classical SIR model based on knowledge of information to explore the sharing of information and its ability to increase and decrease transmission. We designate these two model states as …