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The SIR Model for Spread of Disease

David Smith and Lang Moore, Duke University

with the assistance of 
Jer-Chin Chuang, Furman University
John Michel, Marietta College
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Purposes: To develop the SIR Model for the spread of an infectious disease, including the concepts of contact number and herd immunity; to develop a version of Euler's Method for solving a system of differential equations

Prerequisites: The modules on Limited Population Growth and on Raindrops

 

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