Parameter name | Value | Notes and references |
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Aquatic stage development time | 15 days | [51] |
Random walk pixels weight host-seeking mode and blood-seeking mode | 0.85 | Calibration parameter |
Biting hours | From 7 pm to 5 am | [38] |
Probability to fail the bite | 0–1 | 0 when the human agent is protected against malaria 1 when the human agent is not protected against malaria |
Resting time after blood meal | 4 h | [49] |
Time required for eggs maturation after the blood meal | 48 h | [51] |
Daily survival probability function | \(p_{s} = e^{{ - \frac{1}{{ - 4.4 + 1.3 \cdot T - 0.03 \cdot T^{2} }}}}\) | [53]; T is the temperature |
survival probability factor during a rainy day | 0.7 | Calibration parameter |
Minimum rain of a rainy day | 100 mm/day | Calibration parameter |