Configuration parameters

The parameters described in this reference section can be added to the JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) formatted configuration file to determine the core behavior of a simulation including the computing environment, functionality to enable, additional files to use, and characteristics of the disease being modeled. This file contains mostly a flat list of JSON key:value pairs.

For more information on the structure of these files, see Configuration file.

The topics in this section contain only parameters available when using the malaria simulation type. Some parameters may appear in multiple categories.

Note

Parameters are case-sensitive. For Boolean parameters, set to 1 for true or 0 for false. Minimum, maximum, or default values of “NA” indicate that those values are not applicable for that parameter.

EMOD does not use true defaults; that is, if the dependency relationships indicate that a parameter is required, you must supply a value for it. However, many of the tools used to work with EMOD will use the default values provided below.

JSON format does not permit comments, but you can add “dummy” parameters to add contextual information to your files. Any keys that are not EMOD parameter names will be ignored by the model.

• Drugs and treatments
• Enable or disable features
• General disease
• Geography and environment
• Immunity
• Incubation
• Infectivity and transmission
• Input files
• Larval habitat
• Migration
• Mortality and survival
• Output settings
• Parasite dynamics
• Population dynamics
• Sampling
• Scalars and multipliers
• Simulation setup
• Symptoms and diagnosis
• Vector control
• Vector life cycle