Category: Portfolio Project

Looking at the SEIR Virus Model…

The SIR Model is a little basic and does not model Covid-19 very well. The SEIR model introduces extra parameters that can make the modelling a bit more accurate. The main change is the introduction of a new ‘exposed’ compartment, so we now have Susceptible, Exposed, Infected, and Recovered (or removed) compartments: There is a …

Solving the SIR Virus Model…

Due to the current covid-19 outbreak there has been a fair bit of interest in virus modelling lately. The models that the media have published/produced vary from the over simplified (and often incorrect) to the complex (with many missing details). I have already looked at numeric simulations using a bouncing ball model, this time a …

Visual Simulations of Virus Propagations…

With the current Covid-19 pandemic, there has been some talk about virus propagation in the media. It seems that there is a lot missing among the various news sources. I find that their explanations to either be not technical enough or just missing a lot of key details. Also, I expect that certain types of …