Continuous rate of change of infectious in the SIR model

rate of change of infectious individuals in the continuous-time SIR model.

continuous-time formula	deterministic formula	formula	ordinary differential equation

Formula(s) and Quantities

$\frac{d I}{d t} = I (\frac{α}{N} S - γ)$
$I$ represents number of infectious individuals
$N$ represents total population size
$S$ represents number of susceptible individuals
$α$ represents contact rate
$γ$ represents relative removal rate
$t$ represents time

Discretizations

infectious at time step n+1 in the SIR model

Further links

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