SIR with scroll bars Model

What is this model?

This is a system model of the spread of disease in a population, which classifies people into three categories: susceptible (S), infected (I), and resistant (R). It tracks the proportion of the population that is infected by the disease on any given day. The infection rate, recovery rate, and time step are user-controlled parameters. By the end of the model, the disease has stopped spreading because there are no longer any infected people. A graph depicts the change in the number of people who are healthy (S), sick (I) and recovered (R) over the progression of the epidemic.

What can this Model be used to teach?

Understand the relationship between the proportion of the population that is healthy and the spread of disease

Understand the effect of each parameter on the populations over time

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