Qualitative Analysis

Thresholds, Connectivity, Scaling, etc.

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Analysis is defined herein as an activity that focuses on understanding the models. Analytics is about using the models as a tool for the systematic analysis of data for malaria policy.

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After building a model, ramp.xds is designed to streamline analysis of the models.

• Qualitative Analysis includes methods for understanding the behavior of systems without solving them. In ramp.xds, we include utilities to compute steady states, attractors, threshold conditions, and measures of connectivity.

• Finally, we are intereseted in understanding Scaling Relationships; how does the incidence of malaria by age scale with the average annual EIR and its seasonal pattern?