Model feature | Malaria models | ||||
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 | Yakob & Yan[2] | Eckhoff[12] | Chitnis et al.[8] | This study | |
Model type | agent-based | mathematical | individual-based | mathematical | agent-based |
Spatial representation | landscape-based | N/A | space can be represented as a lattice of points | N/A | landscape-based |
Automation of landscape generation (e.g., using separate tools) * | no | N/A | no | N/A | yes (VectorLand) |
Boundary type of landscape * | absorbing | N/A | N/A | N/A | non-absorbing |
Average of multiple simulations * | no | no | no | no | yes |
Time-step resolution | daily | daily | hourly | daily | hourly |
Age-specific mortality | no | no | N/A | no | |
Daily mortality rate (immature stages) | fixed, 0.2 | fixed, 0.15 | temperature-dependent | N/A | age-specific (for larvae) |
Daily mortality rate (adult stages) | fixed, 0.2 | fixed, 0.15 | adult life expectancy of 10 days | N/A | age-specific |
Fecundity (eggs/oviposition) | fixed, 80 | N/A | fixed, 100 | N/A | N (170, 30) |
Variability in daily temperature | no | no | yes | yes | yes (25°C) |
Length of individual simulation run | 200 days for LSM, 300 days for ITNs | N/A | > 6 years | N/A | 1 year |
Interventions modelled | LSM, ITNs | LSM, ITNs | IRS, ITNs, larvicides, space spraying | ITNs, IRS | LSM, ITNs |
Time-step of intervention application | day 100 for LSM, day 150 for ITNs | N/A | N/A | N/A | day 100 |
Explores combined interventions | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Variability in human population | no | yes | no | yes | yes |
Coverage scheme used for ITNs * | proportion of house-holds with bed nets | proportion of populations sleeping under bed nets | proportion of populations sleeping under bed nets | proportion of populations sleeping under bed nets | partial and complete coverage (see Methods) |
Comparison of coverage schemes for ITNs * | no | no | no | no | yes |