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Table Definitions of Supplemental Files - outside the SQLite database

File Name Short Name Description variable Count
Daily_Exposures_X Exposures By iteration, by day by unitid, output variables describing the exposure network 14
Daily_Events_X events By iteration, by day, by unitid output variables describing the events that happen to a unit 10
States_X states By iteration, by day, by unitid output variables describing the disease state of the unit (excluding the susceptible state) 6

Map Output

File Name Short Name Description variable count
weekly_gis_it_dayXXXX GIS_day Output variables for GIS mapping, includes .dbf, .shp and .shx for spatial data, descriptive of disease state on a weekly level. 6
weekly_gis_it__zones_dayXXXX GIS_zone Output variables for GIS mapping, includes .dbf, .shp and .shx for spatial data, descriptive of the zones on a weekly level. 2

Concepts

  • One iteration, or run, is one example of what could happen in a simulation. The X after the filename represents the iteration that output a given file.
  • Only one run may be needed. An example of this use case is to provide data for an emergency response exercise.
  • For an analytical question, many runs may be needed to simulate the inherent variability in biological systems.
  • Comma-separated value (.csv) is a commonly used output method.
  • A csv file is created for each iteration that is run. If you run 50 iterations, you will get 50 files.
  • The Map Output process creates GIS files that may be used to do spatial analysis in a subfolder called “Map”. Only one of these file types, the .dbf, can be accessed like a data file.

Why does this output so many separate files?

Each of these files is created as the iterations are running and output immediately. This allows the model to move quickly and not be slowed down by writing big files back into the database.

How can I manage all these files?

  • There is a python script and an R code script that allows for combination of these files.
  • These scripts stamp the scenario name into the data so it can be preserved if you need to combine across multiple scenarios.

I want daily files for GIS work, where can I find those?

The events, exposures and states files all have latitude and longitude by day.

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