| The dynamical equations of the susceptible-infected-recovered/removed (SIR) epidemics model play an important role in predicting and/or analyzing the temporal evolution of epidemic outbreaks. Crucial input quantities are the time-dependent infection (a(t)) and recovery (μ(t)) rates regulating the transitions between the compartments S→I and I→R, respectively. Accurate analytical approximations for the temporal dependence of the rate of new infections J˚(t)=a(t)S(t)I(t) and the corresponding cumulative fraction of new infections J(t)=J(t0)+∫t0tdxJ˚(x) are available in the literature for either stationary infection and recovery rates or for a stationary value of the ratio k(t)=μ(t)/a(t). Here, a new and original accurate analytical approximation is derived for general, arbitrary, and different temporal dependencies of the infection and recovery rates, which is valid for not-too-late times after the start of the infection when the cumulative fraction J(t)≪1 is much less than unity. The comparison of the analytical approximation with the exact numerical solution of the SIR equations for different illustrative examples proves the accuracy of the analytical approach.
for LaTeX users @article{RSchlickeiser2023-3,
author = {R. Schlickeiser and M. Kr\"oger},
title = {Analytical solution of the Susceptible-Infected-Recovered/Removed model for the not too late temporal evolution of epidemics for general time-dependent recovery and infection rates},
journal = {Covid},
volume = {3},
pages = {1781-1796},
year = {2023}
}
\bibitem{RSchlickeiser2023-3} R. Schlickeiser, M. Kr\"oger,
Analytical solution of the Susceptible-Infected-Recovered/Removed model for the not too late temporal evolution of epidemics for general time-dependent recovery and infection rates,
Covid {\bf 3} (2023) 1781-1796.RSchlickeiser2023-3
R. Schlickeiser, M. Kr\"oger
Analytical solution of the Susceptible-Infected-Recovered/Removed model for the not too late temporal evolution of epidemics for general time-dependent recovery and infection rates
Covid,3,2023,1781-1796 |
mk@mat.ethz.ch
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